Weather Records on 16 December 1947

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1947. Highest significance: Napoklu, IN.

Key Facts for 16 December 1947

On 16 December 1947, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 496 daily.
Napoklu set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 16 December 1947.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 16 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 16 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 16 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1947

Top 20 records on 16 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1947	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Gajapathinagaram, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Narasimharajapura, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Hosur, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Puttur, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Bissem-Cuttack, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Berhampur, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Contest, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1947	Gola, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	37 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 506 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 20	360
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	3