Weather Records on 23 December 2020

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2020. Highest significance: Den Helder-1, NL.

Key Facts for 23 December 2020

On 23 December 2020, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
475 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 889 daily.
Den Helder-1 set a daily record precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 23 December 2020.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 23 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Konigsmoor	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dorpen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Petten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Haukes	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schagen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danglemah (Rutherglen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buchholz In der Nordheide	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tollebeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.4 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vlagtwedde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medemblik	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dokkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emmen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heeg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kreileroord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Buinen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marknesse_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Friesoythe-Edewechterdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delfzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 284, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 368, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	284
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	368
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2020

Top 20 records on 23 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2020	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	163 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 December 2020	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Newport, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Papenburg, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Heerde, NL	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Frederiksoord, NL	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Oldeholtpade, NL	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Oldebroek, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Heino_1, NL	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Konigsmoor, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Dorpen, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	Zeerijp, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2020	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2020	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2020	Petten, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2020	Bergen (Nh), NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2020	Callantsoog, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	53 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 916 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 2020-12-23: 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 2026-10-17 (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	804
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1