Weather Records on 23 December 2017

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2017. Highest significance: Dover 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 2017

On 23 December 2017, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 605 daily.
Dover 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 23 December 2017.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 23 December 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lily Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 23 December 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 23 December 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2017

Top 20 records on 23 December 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2017	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 December 2017	Greensburg, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	110 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Wynne, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Long Creek, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	106 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Malvern, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	107 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Benton, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Riggins, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Augusta, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2017	Alum Fk, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Jixi, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	125 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	125 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Keiser, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Martin U of T Branch Exp STN, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2017	Sauda, NO	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	52 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 621 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 2017-12-23: 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 25	412
25 to 50	81
50 to 75	28
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1