Weather Records on 16 December 1937

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1937. Highest significance: Ipswich, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1937

On 16 December 1937, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 346 daily.
Ipswich set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 16 December 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 16 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 16 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 16 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1937

Top 20 records on 16 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1937	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Taloda, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Shahada, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Hedrum, NO	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1937	Fayetteville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Peint, IN	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1937	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 351 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	306
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1