Weather Records on 16 December 1977

950 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1977. Highest significance: Turner, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1977

On 16 December 1977, 950 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
564 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 921 daily.
Turner set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 16 December 1977.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

950 stations

950 station records on 16 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turner	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muckaty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Malhada da Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sitia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.5 cm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belem Do Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Val-Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

950 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 374, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 16 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	374
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 16 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

772 broken records

Margins by which the 772 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1977

Top 20 records on 16 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1977	Turner, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1977	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1977	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Muckaty, AU	monthly rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Sousa, BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Lewiston, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Waskada, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Fazenda Malhada da Areia, BR	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Sitia, BR	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Cajazeiras, BR	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Chaplin, CA	monthly snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Scott Cda, CA	daily snowfall	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Biggar, CA	daily snowfall	9.5 cm (3.7 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Dundurn, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Swift Current A, CA	monthly snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Bidgemia, AU	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1977	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	40 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 950 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	761
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1