Weather Records on 16 December 1950

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1950. Highest significance: Quanbun Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1950

On 16 December 1950, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 264 daily.
Quanbun Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 224.0 mm (8.8 in) on 16 December 1950.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 16 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.7 mm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 16 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 16 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1950

Top 20 records on 16 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1950	Quanbun Downs, AU	all-time rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1950	Vang I Valdres, NO	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Myroodah, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Napier Downs, AU	monthly rain	237.7 mm (9.4 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Gogo Station, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Noonkanbah, AU	all-time rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Elmira, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Biri, NO	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Addison, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Eddington Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1950	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1950	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1950	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1950	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	32 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 272 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	198
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1