Weather Records on 11 December 1916

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1916. Highest significance: Wingen (Murrulla), AU.

Key Facts for 11 December 1916

On 11 December 1916, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
Wingen (Murrulla) set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 11 December 1916.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 11 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burburgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Booreegamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 47.

Records on 11 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1916

Top 20 records on 11 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1916	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1916	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1916	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Mantova, IT	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Bedooba, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Moama, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Murchison, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Plauen, DE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Goorimpa, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1916	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	23 years	17 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

1796 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 55 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 11 December 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	41
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1