Weather Records on 23 December 1985

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1985. Highest significance: Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1985

On 23 December 1985, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 609 daily.
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade) set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 December 1985.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 23 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Campo Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 167.

Records on 23 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	167

Records on 23 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 609.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1985

Top 20 records on 23 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1985	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Dupree, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Columbia 8 N, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Camp Crook, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Selby, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Glad Valley 2 W, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Warburton, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Britton, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Ponte Do Costa, BR	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Redig 11 NE, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Oxford, GB	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Platteville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Bolivar, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Oaklands Junction, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1985	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	97 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 629 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 100	430
100 to 200	35
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2