Weather Records on 16 December 1926

130 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1926. Highest significance: Woodford Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1926

On 16 December 1926, 130 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 123 daily.
Woodford Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 16 December 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

130 stations

130 station records on 16 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

130 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 187.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1926

Top 20 records on 16 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1926	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Maryborough, AU	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	187.9 mm (7.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Gympie, AU	daily rain	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Cooroy Composite, AU	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Mungar Junction, AU	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1926	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1926	Buffalo, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1926	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1926	Buffalo, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1926	Tiaro, AU	monthly rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	30 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 130 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 2026-10-17 (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 25	79
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1