Weather Records on 16 December 1935

71 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1935. Highest significance: Fountain Head, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 December 1935

On 16 December 1935, 71 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 71 daily.
Fountain Head set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 16 December 1935.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

71 stations

71 station records on 16 December 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

71 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 71.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 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 1935

Top 20 records on 16 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1935	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1935	Setif, DZ	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Waterloo, US	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Washington, US	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Klipplaat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Waterloo, US	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Stanwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Baran, IN	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1935	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	32 years	16 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 71 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	46
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1