Weather Records on 16 December 1969

205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1969. Highest significance: Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso), BR.

Key Facts for 16 December 1969

On 16 December 1969, 205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 201 daily.
Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 120.2 mm (4.7 in) on 16 December 1969.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

205 stations

205 station records on 16 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Bell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharyk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovruch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sucinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

205 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 16 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 16 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1969

Top 20 records on 16 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1969	Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso), BR	all-time rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Pindobacu, BR	all-time rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Irara, BR	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Nurnberg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Natham, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1969	Beerfelden, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Derry 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Belle Isle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Wittenberg, DE	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 1969	Coimbatore, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 205 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	148
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1