Weather Records on 16 December 1934

163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1934. Highest significance: Delaware 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1934

On 16 December 1934, 163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 159 daily.
Delaware 3 WSW set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 16 December 1934.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

163 stations

163 station records on 16 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gulabarh	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mirpur	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

163 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

133 broken records

Margins by which the 133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1934

Top 20 records on 16 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Gulabarh, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Milan, IT	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Karnah, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Boras, SE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Jonkoping, SE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Rena, NO	daily rain	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Sarna, SE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Biri, NO	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Tunhovd, NO	monthly rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1934	Malung, SE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	47 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 163 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 100	130
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1