Weather Records on 23 December 2010

1,298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2010. Highest significance: Bochum, DE.

Key Facts for 23 December 2010

On 23 December 2010, 1,298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 376 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,242 daily.
Bochum set a daily record snow depth of 16.0 cm (6.3 in) on 23 December 2010.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

1,298 stations

1,298 station records on 23 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bochum	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.8 mm (8.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
West Beemster	Netherlands	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bawnduggie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torsas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg-1	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colodan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,298 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 170, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 206, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 303.

Records on 23 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	170
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	206
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	303

Records on 23 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 50, daily 1,242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,105 broken records

Margins by which the 1,105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2010

Top 20 records on 23 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2010	Bochum, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2010	McGill, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2010	Washburn, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2010	Borken In Westfalen, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2010	Essen-Bredeney, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2010	Miyako, JP	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Abercorn, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	205.8 mm (8.1 in)	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Overton, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Elphinstone Pocket No1, AU	daily rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Mutsu, JP	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Poway Valley, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Alfhausen, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Kerkwerve, NL	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Wilhelminadorp-1, NL	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Haamstede, NL	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	West Beemster, NL	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Hayfield Pumping Plt, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2010	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	51 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 1,298 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	1,043
100 to 200	52
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1