Weather Records on 16 December 2006

1,020 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 2006. Highest significance: Lake Yellowstone, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 2006

On 16 December 2006, 1,020 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
842 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 995 daily.
Lake Yellowstone set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 16 December 2006.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,020 stations

1,020 station records on 16 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Potla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allardt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tver	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetgrass	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,020 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 438, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	438
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 2006

Top 20 records on 16 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 2006	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2006	Old Faithful, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2006	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Haiwee, US	all-time low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	8.2 C (46.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily low min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Westcliffe, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Bezenchuk, RU	daily high max	5.3 C (41.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Waverly, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Pawhuska, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Huntingdon, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Brady, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Vytegra, RU	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Dzitas, MX	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	6.8 C (44.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	118 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Mina, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2006	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,020 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 100	790
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1