Weather Records on 16 December 1949

132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1949. Highest significance: Nicosia, CY.

Key Facts for 16 December 1949

On 16 December 1949, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 131 daily.
Nicosia set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 16 December 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 16 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waiopai Rch 256	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Auckland Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.8 C (-57.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1949

Top 20 records on 16 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1949	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1949	Polis, CY	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1949	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1949	Rosalia, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1949	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Limassol, CY	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Weiser, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Payette, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Berens River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	62 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1949	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	59 years	23 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 132 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	84
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1