Weather Records on 16 December 1936

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1936. Highest significance: Glenariff, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1936

On 16 December 1936, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 412 daily.
Glenariff set a monthly record daily precipitation of 143.0 mm (5.6 in) on 16 December 1936.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 16 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Ginghet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadra	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 16 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1936

Top 20 records on 16 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1936	Glenariff, AU	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1936	Beaufort, US	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1936	Warraweena, AU	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Callington, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Box Cowell, AU	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Collerina (Corrella), AU	all-time rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Nyngan (Canonbar), AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Girilambone (Ampol), AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	The Ginghet, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Gilgoin, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1936	Oxford, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 429 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	260
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1