Weather Records on 16 December 1970

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1970. Highest significance: Blackbutt Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1970

On 16 December 1970, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 712 daily.
Blackbutt Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 16 December 1970.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 16 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Andizan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benarkin Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 445, Heaviest daily snowfall 178, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 16 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	445
Heaviest daily snowfall	178
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 16 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 712.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1970

Top 20 records on 16 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1970	Blackbutt Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1970	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1970	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1970	Butler, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1970	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1970	Wells, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Experiment, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Talbotton, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Wooroona, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Lake Spaulding, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Bowenville, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Bloomfield, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Osage City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Eureka 1E, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1970	Mc Henry 5 ESE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	48 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 726 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 1970-12-16: 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	549
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1