Weather Records on 23 December 1979

813 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1979. Highest significance: Castle Rock, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1979

On 23 December 1979, 813 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 805 daily.
Castle Rock set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 23 December 1979.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

813 stations

813 station records on 23 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riacho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein, Franklin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itapebi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas Hensley Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

813 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 275, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 389, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	275
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	389
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 196.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1979

Top 20 records on 23 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1979	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Le Claire L&D 14, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Campolide, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Riacho, BR	daily rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Celina, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Hamilton, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Muscoda, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Port Stanley, CA	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	W Plains, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Shoshoni, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Silverton, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Coleman, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	S Bend AP, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1979	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	82 years	37 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 813 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 25	639
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1