Weather Records on 23 December 2011

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2011. Highest significance: Bosque del Apache, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 2011

On 23 December 2011, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 718 daily.
Bosque del Apache set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 23 December 2011.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

735 stations

735 station records on 23 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tacony 13 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campeche (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truth Or Consequences	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 23 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 23 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 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 2011

Top 20 records on 23 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2011	Bosque del Apache, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 December 2011	John Martin Dam, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2011	Las Animas, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2011	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2011	Healy, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Hillsboro, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Linesville 1 S, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Lakin, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Pasamonte, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Walsh 1 W, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Cootamundra (Landgrove), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Bolonchen, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Hope, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	White Signal, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2011	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	81 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 735 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	525
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1