Weather Records on 16 December 1946

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1946. Highest significance: Arasadi, IN.

Key Facts for 16 December 1946

On 16 December 1946, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 346 daily.
Arasadi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 243.6 mm (9.6 in) on 16 December 1946.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 16 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchendur	India	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekaram	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 182.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1946

Top 20 records on 16 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1946	Arasadi, IN	all-time rain	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1946	Hannah 2 N, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1946	Nedumangad, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Leech Lake, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Mayville, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Tiruchendur, IN	daily rain	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Virginia, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Kulasekaram, IN	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Attingal, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1946	White River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	44 years	34 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 357 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 25	238
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1