Weather Records on 16 December 1952

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1952. Highest significance: Salgueiro, BR.

Key Facts for 16 December 1952

On 16 December 1952, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 332 daily.
Salgueiro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 16 December 1952.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 16 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Salao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ibicua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1952

Top 20 records on 16 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1952	Salgueiro, BR	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1952	Lillydale, ZA	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Kapokhoek, ZA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Sao Goncalo, BR	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Morada Nova, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Excelsior (Mun), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Itapage, BR	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Teresina, BR	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Farias Brito, BR	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Serra Talhada, BR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Boqueirao Pedras Brancas, BR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Acude Salao, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Modderrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1952	Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 349 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 10	200
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1