Weather Records on 16 December 1955

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1955. Highest significance: Missoula 6 NW WFO, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1955

On 16 December 1955, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 319 daily.
Missoula 6 NW WFO set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 16 December 1955.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 16 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arjuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.7 mm (9.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-56.9 C (-70.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 16 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 16 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1955

Top 20 records on 16 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1955	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1955	Superior, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Tarome, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Umatilla, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Harrisonville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	Junsele, SE	daily low min	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1955	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Corry, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Arjuna Station, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Beechmont Binna Burra Road, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Yalta, UA	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Irwin 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low max	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1955	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	48 years	29 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 325 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 25	224
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1