Weather Records on 16 December 1960

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1960. Highest significance: Campo Maior, BR.

Key Facts for 16 December 1960

On 16 December 1960, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 388 daily.
Campo Maior set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.4 mm (5.2 in) on 16 December 1960.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 16 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuringup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 16 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 16 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1960

Top 20 records on 16 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1960	Campo Maior, BR	all-time rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1960	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Dyliabing, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Cooma (Gurrabeal), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Orillia, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Hyannis, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Darr River Downs, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Bombala (Cambalong), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Kuringup, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Turramurra (Kissing Point Road, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1960	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	43 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 393 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 50	310
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1