Weather Records on 22 December 1916

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1916. Highest significance: Kologha (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 December 1916

On 22 December 1916, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 60 daily.
Kologha (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 22 December 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 22 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 22 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 60.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

56 broken records

Margins by which the 56 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1916

Top 20 records on 22 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1916	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1916	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1916	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1916	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1916	Maccue, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Burlington, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily low max	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Uccle, BE	daily high max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1916	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 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 62 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	50
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1