Weather Records on 16 December 1974

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1974. Highest significance: Long Branch-Oakhurst, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1974

On 16 December 1974, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 535 daily.
Long Branch-Oakhurst set a monthly record daily precipitation of 168.9 mm (6.6 in) on 16 December 1974.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 16 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft George G Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 339, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 16 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 16 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 287.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1974

Top 20 records on 16 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1974	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1974	Nominingue, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1974	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1974	Trenton, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Solomons, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Morrisburg, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Huberdeau, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l, CA	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Laguardia AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Mineola, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Lerida, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Montebello Seigniory, CA	all-time snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Montebello Seigniory, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	Woodstock, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1974	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	39 years	45 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 546 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	432
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1