Weather Records on 12 December 2023

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2023. Highest significance: Gumeracha, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 2023

On 12 December 2023, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 525 daily.
Gumeracha set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 12 December 2023.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 12 December 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie (Egretta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elzach-Fisnacht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samary	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.4 C (-42.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Berrima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmendingen-Mundingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nozovka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shimizu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzylorda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jendouba	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kudymkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urgench	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kashi	China	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guiping	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uricky	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cirik-Rabat	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 December 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 December 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2023

Top 20 records on 12 December 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2023	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	131 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2023	Rottweil, DE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2023	Memmingen, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Sitka AP, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Rastatt, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Klippeneck, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Skagway, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Meningie (Egretta), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Orroroo (Kylmorn), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Portales, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Juneau AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Haines AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Freiamt-Ottoschwanden, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Rheinau-Memprechtshofen, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Topaz, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Elzach-Fisnacht, DE	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2023	Samary, RU	daily low min	-41.4 C (-42.5 F)	13.6 C (24.5 F)	53 years	37 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

1796 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2023. 2023 had 544 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 20	470
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2