Weather Records on 16 December 1925

93 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1925. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 16 December 1925

On 16 December 1925, 93 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 89 daily.
Quatsino set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 16 December 1925.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

93 stations

93 station records on 16 December 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

93 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 December 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 December 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1925

Top 20 records on 16 December 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1925	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1925	Vestervig, DK	monthly low min	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Valley Head, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly low min	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Blakely, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Sonnblick, AT	daily low min	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Bjuraker, SE	daily low max	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1925	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	18 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1925. 1925 had 93 records.

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

Records on 12-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1808	1
1810	1
1814	2
1815	2
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1846	3
1852	1
1853	1
1859	3
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	7
1897	4
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	17
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	5
1907	30
1908	11
1909	5
1910	38
1911	26
1912	31
1913	12
1914	26
1915	55
1916	31
1917	60
1918	33
1919	52
1920	61
1921	35
1922	62
1923	205
1924	347
1925	93
1926	130
1927	218
1928	338
1929	383
1930	398
1931	168
1932	880
1933	716
1934	163
1935	71
1936	429
1937	351
1938	142
1939	1,014
1940	633
1941	348
1942	550
1943	491
1944	189
1945	478
1946	357
1947	506
1948	775
1949	132
1950	272
1951	987
1952	349
1953	265
1954	305
1955	325
1956	650
1957	478
1958	497
1959	605
1960	393
1961	858
1962	859
1963	484
1964	639
1965	576
1966	417
1967	886
1968	557
1969	205
1970	726
1971	1,540
1972	1,020
1973	823
1974	546
1975	493
1976	526
1977	950
1978	532
1979	528
1980	1,322
1981	1,498
1982	1,208
1983	1,156
1984	1,944
1985	983
1986	485
1987	1,377
1988	605
1989	3,181
1990	753
1991	659
1992	1,408
1993	676
1994	698
1995	714
1996	797
1997	1,260
1998	698
1999	821
2000	1,160
2001	1,197
2002	990
2003	679
2004	510
2005	1,073
2006	1,020
2007	1,301
2008	2,049
2009	1,032
2010	1,585
2011	777
2012	912
2013	762
2014	465
2015	925
2016	1,588
2017	349
2018	624
2019	786
2020	415
2021	1,485
2022	836
2023	841
2024	755
2025	1,820

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	68
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1