Weather Records on 23 December 2006

1,194 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2006. Highest significance: New London, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 2006

On 23 December 2006, 1,194 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
572 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,155 daily.
New London set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 23 December 2006.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

1,194 stations

1,194 station records on 23 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yuma	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rush 1N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Milpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whittier	United States	Record daily snowfall	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manteo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horicon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,194 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 349, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 23 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	349
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 23 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 1,155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,008 broken records

Margins by which the 1,008 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2006

Top 20 records on 23 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2006	New London, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 December 2006	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Brillion, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Yuma, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Rush 1N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Merrill, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Burlington, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Dalton, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2006	Bridgeport, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Oshkosh, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Chilton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Milparinka (Milpa), AU	monthly rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Luling, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	York Haven, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Whittier, US	daily snowfall	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2006	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	52 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,194 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 December 2006
Margin	Records
0 to 100	977
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3