Weather Records on 16 December 1930

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1930. Highest significance: Piangil, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1930

On 16 December 1930, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 364 daily.
Piangil set an all-time record daily precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 16 December 1930.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 16 December 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Piangil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Kergunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Government Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 December 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 December 1930 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 27, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1930

Top 20 records on 16 December 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1930	Piangil, AU	all-time rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1930	Tottenham (Woodlands 1), AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1930	Uman, UA	monthly rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1930	Fulham Park, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Moulamein Post Office, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Frances, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Apsley, AU	all-time rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Deniliquin Norwood, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Carisbrook, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Kiev, UA	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Cobar (Kergunyah), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Towaninnie, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Dumosa, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Charlton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1930	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 398 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 10	186
10 to 20	79
20 to 30	61
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3