Weather Records on 13 December 2023

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 2023. Highest significance: Zakatala, AZ.

Key Facts for 13 December 2023

On 13 December 2023, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 476 daily.
Zakatala set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 13 December 2023.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 13 December 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rio Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hoonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kashi	China	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syr-Darja	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.6 C (-28.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hailar	China	Record low maximum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xisha Dao	China	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zima	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hotan	China	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hezuo	China	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willis Island	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zadar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taejon	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gen Fap Armando Revoredo Igle	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Erzin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curtin Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Shevchenko	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heggeriset - Nordstrand	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 December 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 December 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 2023

Top 20 records on 13 December 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 2023	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2023	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	130 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2023	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2023	Childress Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Skagway, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Topaz, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Mahaulepu 941.1, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Upper Rio Grande, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Glasgow #2, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Hoonah, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Greenhaven, AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Kashi, CN	daily high max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Hugoton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2023	Cut Bank AP, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 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 485 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

Download the Data

Data for records on 2023-12-13: 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 20	405
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2