Weather Records on 15 December 2023

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 2023. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 2023

On 15 December 2023, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
500 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 764 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 229.0 mm (9.0 in) on 15 December 2023.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 15 December 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kemp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.6 mm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Offerle 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sophia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Retrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mena Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 December 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 December 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 2023

Top 20 records on 15 December 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 2023	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	105 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	monthly rain	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Aspermont, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Walkamin Research Station, AU	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2023	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	128 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Gustavus, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Palmerville, AU	monthly rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Haskell, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Topaz, AU	daily rain	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	118 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Palmerville, AU	daily low max	25.9 C (78.6 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Morioka, JP	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2023	Shimonoseki, JP	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	69 years	49 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2023. 2023 had 794 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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 25	650
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1