Weather Records on 16 December 1958

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1958. Highest significance: Oatlands Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1958

On 16 December 1958, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 485 daily.
Oatlands Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 16 December 1958.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 16 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunlight	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cockatoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 16 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 16 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1958

Top 20 records on 16 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1958	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Oswego, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Timbauba, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Pocomoke City, US	all-time low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Maude Post Office, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Sunlight, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Twin Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Wallaroi, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Stuart Town, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	monthly low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Conargo (Puckawidgee), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1958	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 years	35 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 497 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-12-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	410
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1