Weather Records on 31 December 1993

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1993. Highest significance: Biskra, DZ.

Key Facts for 31 December 1993

On 31 December 1993, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 700 daily.
Biskra set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 31 December 1993.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

718 stations

718 station records on 31 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Engeland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pandanus Ck Forest 658	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Divinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malsburg-Marzell-Friedrichshei	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 31 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 31 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1993

Top 20 records on 31 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1993	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 December 1993	Uttaradit, TH	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Falmouth, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Silverton, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Halfway, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Princess Anne, US	monthly low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Konstanz, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Engeland, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Haparanda, SE	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Brockton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Don Muang, TH	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Pandanus Ck Forest 658, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1993	Talladega, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	41 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

1797 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1993. 1993 had 718 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	538
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1