Weather Records on 23 December 1991

1,196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1991. Highest significance: Kasane, BW.

Key Facts for 23 December 1991

On 23 December 1991, 1,196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
646 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,176 daily.
Kasane set a daily record precipitation of 106.0 mm (4.2 in) on 23 December 1991.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

1,196 stations

1,196 station records on 23 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mapastepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Raudal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamtown Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Chilchotla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alto 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wollombi (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naranjal (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huesca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alcomunga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balsa Do Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daisy 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,196 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 361, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 486, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 23 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	361
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	486
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 23 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 1,176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,052 broken records

Margins by which the 1,052 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1991

Top 20 records on 23 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1991	Kasane, BW	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1991	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Cawker City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Crane, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Wilgerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Villaflores (Smn), MX	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Mapastepec, MX	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Sirte, LY	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	El Raudal, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	162 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	10.3 C (50.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	110 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Cerro Azul, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Flagler 1S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Manassa, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1991	Williamtown Raaf, AU	monthly rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	38 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 1,196 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	1,037
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1