Weather Records on 23 December 1993

991 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1993. Highest significance: Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1993

On 23 December 1993, 991 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 902 daily.
Gladstone (Old Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.0 mm (5.8 in) on 23 December 1993.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

991 stations

991 station records on 23 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
South Mount Cameron (Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.4 mm (7.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santuck	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ludvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

991 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 472, Heaviest daily snowfall 142, Deepest snow cover 113.

Records on 23 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	142
Deepest snow cover	113

Records on 23 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 79, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

839 broken records

Margins by which the 839 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1993

Top 20 records on 23 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1993	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	78 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 December 1993	Chain of Lagoons, AU	all-time rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	South Mount Cameron (Gladstone, AU	all-time rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	monthly rain	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	St Helens Post Office, AU	all-time rain	190.4 mm (7.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Marnhull, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Boobyalla, AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Yolla (Sea View), AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1993	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 991 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	822
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1