Weather Records on 23 December 2002

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2002. Highest significance: Yalgoo, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 2002

On 23 December 2002, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 762 daily.
Yalgoo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.6 mm (2.7 in) on 23 December 2002.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 23 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clontarf Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dalgaranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chelsea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Illgararie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Errabiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cascabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girard	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 23 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 23 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2002

Top 20 records on 23 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2002	Yalgoo, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Perangery, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Clontarf Farm, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Beringarra, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Bunnawarra, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Hooker, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Dalgaranga, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Carrizozo 1SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2002	Chelsea, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Illgararie, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Mc Lean, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Mercedes, UY	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Vernon, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Edah, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Murgoo, AU	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2002	Errabiddy, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	47 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 778 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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Data for records on 2002-12-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	562
25 to 50	45
50 to 75	20
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1