Weather Records on 16 December 1971

1,540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1971. Highest significance: Laurieton (Elouera St), AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1971

On 16 December 1971, 1,540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,080 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 1,390 daily.
Laurieton (Elouera St) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 215.1 mm (8.5 in) on 16 December 1971.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,540 stations

1,540 station records on 16 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	59.4 cm (23.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cultus Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shuswap Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shuswap Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,540 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 626, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 454, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 16 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	626
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	454
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 16 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 147, daily 1,390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,286 broken records

Margins by which the 1,286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1971

Top 20 records on 16 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1971	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	monthly rain	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1971	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	91 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1971	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1971	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1971	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Kaslo, CA	all-time rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Kaslo, CA	all-time snowfall	59.4 cm (23.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Vavenby, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Berlin, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Mabel Lake, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Mabel Lake, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Cultus Lake, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Oxley Island (Lyndhurst), AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1971	Moorland (Coopernook State For, AU	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	46 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 1,540 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	1,226
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2