Weather Records on 23 December 1982

1,140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1982. Highest significance: Petoskey, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1982

On 23 December 1982, 1,140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
676 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 1,122 daily.
Petoskey set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 23 December 1982.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

1,140 stations

1,140 station records on 23 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Upper 1052	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.8 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Alotepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,140 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 270, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 406, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 23 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	270
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	406
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 23 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 1,122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1982

Top 20 records on 23 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1982	Petoskey, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1982	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Cedarville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Mt Wilson Cbs, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Varazdin, HR	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Crown King, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Salinas Dam, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Belleview 2 E, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Hvar, HR	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Paisley, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	New Harmony, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Grouse, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Manila, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	La Crescenta Fc251 C, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1982	Fulton, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 1,140 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	899
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1