Weather Records on 16 December 1993

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1993. Highest significance: Aikawa, JP.

Key Facts for 16 December 1993

On 16 December 1993, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 650 daily.
Aikawa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.1 mm (4.1 in) on 16 December 1993.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 16 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-56.3 C (-69.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-58.0 C (-72.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-58.0 C (-72.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 113, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 16 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	113
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 16 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1993

Top 20 records on 16 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1993	Aikawa, JP	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1993	Cape Leveque, AU	daily rain	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1993	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1993	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1993	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Fleming, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Cangucu, BR	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Lodgepole, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Lake Margaret Dam, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Bikaner, IN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Martin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Mott, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1993	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	84 years	41 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 676 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	495
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1