Weather Records on 23 December 1996

1,184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1996. Highest significance: Moreton Telegraph Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1996

On 23 December 1996, 1,184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 1,097 daily.
Moreton Telegraph Station set a daily record precipitation of 103.2 mm (4.1 in) on 23 December 1996.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

1,184 stations

1,184 station records on 23 December 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kamianets-Podil Sky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tygerfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Chiqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore 23 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,184 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 210.

Records on 23 December 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	210

Records on 23 December 1996 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 75, daily 1,097.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

971 broken records

Margins by which the 971 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1996

Top 20 records on 23 December 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1996	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1996	Wanna, AU	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Kamianets-Podil Sky, UA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Coloso, PR	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Indlunkulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Carson City, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Ft Pierre 17 WSW, US	all-time snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Pipestone, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Abashiri, JP	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Highmore, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Tygerfontein, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Blaine, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Aurland, NO	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1996	Imlay, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	46 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,184 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	823
50 to 100	81
100 to 150	32
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	9
250 to 300	7
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	3