Weather Records on 16 December 1962

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1962. Highest significance: Fazenda Patos, BR.

Key Facts for 16 December 1962

On 16 December 1962, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 840 daily.
Fazenda Patos set an all-time record daily precipitation of 138.4 mm (5.4 in) on 16 December 1962.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 16 December 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fazenda Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riacho Do Sangue	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Freitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 388, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 16 December 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	388
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 16 December 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 840.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1962

Top 20 records on 16 December 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1962	Fazenda Patos, BR	all-time rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1962	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1962	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Le Grand, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Acude Riacho Do Sangue, BR	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Los Banos, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Gossweinstein, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Merced, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Westland, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Denair 3 NNE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	King City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Acude Tucunduba, BR	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Idria, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Angola, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Dundee Agric Res Station, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1962	Madera, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 859 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	686
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2