Weather Records on 16 December 1927

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1927. Highest significance: Montreal McGill, CA.

Key Facts for 16 December 1927

On 16 December 1927, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 213 daily.
Montreal McGill set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 16 December 1927.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 16 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 289.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1927

Top 20 records on 16 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1927	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28.9 cm (11.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Przhevalsk, KG	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Galway, IE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Chelsea, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Athens, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Watertown, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1927	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1927	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	30 years	26 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 218 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 50	184
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1