Weather Records on 16 December 1954

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1954. Highest significance: Karkal, IN.

Key Facts for 16 December 1954

On 16 December 1954, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 305 daily.
Karkal set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 16 December 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 16 December 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1954

Top 20 records on 16 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1954	Karkal, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	New Castle 1 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Lead, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Kipahulu 258, US	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1954	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Bell Store, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Saint John, CA	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Macalister Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Sable Island, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	St John's, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1954	Poughkeepsie, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 305 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	232
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4