Weather Records on 3 December 1916

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1916. Highest significance: Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1916

On 3 December 1916, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 150 daily.
Ballarat Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 3 December 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 3 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarrwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 3 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 150.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1916

Top 20 records on 3 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1916	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Kaarimba, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Gilgoin, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Fryerstown, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Clunes, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1916	Talbot, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	Kew, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1916	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 153 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 December 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	91
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2