Weather Records on 23 December 1973

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1973. Highest significance: Mont-Aigoual, FR.

Key Facts for 23 December 1973

On 23 December 1973, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 464 daily.
Mont-Aigoual set a daily record precipitation of 164.0 mm (6.5 in) on 23 December 1973.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 23 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenhaezer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tehuantepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 23 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 23 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1973

Top 20 records on 23 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1973	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1973	Timovskoe, RU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1973	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Decatur Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Hillsdale, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Ebenhaezer, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Ozernaja, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Paris Stp, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Compton, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Huntington, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Leeuwfontein, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1973	Vida 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 479 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	333
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1