Weather Records on 16 December 1980

1,322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1980. Highest significance: Caboolture Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 December 1980

On 16 December 1980, 1,322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
878 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 100 monthly and 1,222 daily.
Caboolture Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 16 December 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,322 stations

1,322 station records on 16 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Creek (Hayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,322 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 450, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 428, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	450
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	428
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 100, daily 1,222.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,119 broken records

Margins by which the 1,119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1980

Top 20 records on 16 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1980	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Nappan Cda, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Port Hastings, CA	daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	12.3 cm (4.8 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Banff, CA	monthly high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Portland, AU	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Churchill A, CA	daily snowfall	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Goomeri Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Merweville, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Augusta, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Talkeetna AP, US	daily low max	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1980	Cambridge, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	76 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 1,322 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 25	1,024
25 to 50	50
50 to 75	25
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2