Weather Records on 16 December 1945

478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1945. Highest significance: Moonaree, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1945

On 16 December 1945, 478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 461 daily.
Moonaree set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 16 December 1945.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

478 stations

478 station records on 16 December 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

478 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 16 December 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 16 December 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1945

Top 20 records on 16 December 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1945	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1945	Yardea, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Darke Peak, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Kimba (the Pines), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Arno Bay, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Butler (Anona), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Deer Park Sf, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Parlakimedi, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Fredrikstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1945	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1945	Kindersley, CA	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20.6 C (37.1 F)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1945	Stratford, CA	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	79 years	33 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 478 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 50	362
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2