Weather Records on 16 December 1968

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1968. Highest significance: Berlin, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1968

On 16 December 1968, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 548 daily.
Berlin set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 16 December 1968.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 16 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton (Baangal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Catkal River	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan (Fiskville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garrigala	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moira State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 16 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 16 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 295.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1968

Top 20 records on 16 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1968	Berlin, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1968	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1968	Fernie, CA	daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Deer Park, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Port Aux Basques, CA	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Laverton Salines, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Werribee Research Farm, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Skipton (Baangal), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Crawford Bay, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Mairipora, BR	all-time rain	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	New Berlin, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Eaglehawk, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1968	Eversley, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	44 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 557 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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Data for records on 1968-12-16: 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 50	441
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2