Weather Records on 17 December 2013

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 2013. Highest significance: Binnaway (Wattle St), AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 2013

On 17 December 2013, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 709 daily.
Binnaway (Wattle St) set a daily record precipitation of 61.4 mm (2.4 in) on 17 December 2013.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

718 stations

718 station records on 17 December 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Moffatt National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deqen	China	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 87.

Records on 17 December 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	87

Records on 17 December 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 2013

Top 20 records on 17 December 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 2013	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	111 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2013	Hoopeston, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Yakushima, JP	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Aomori, JP	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Covelo, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Baldwin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Fuzhou, CN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Macomb, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	155 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Guipavas, FR	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	W Otis, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Merriwa (Roscommon), AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2013	Mt Moffatt National Park, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	42 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 718 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	556
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1