Weather Records on 16 December 2013

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 2013. Highest significance: Ubon Ratchathani, TH.

Key Facts for 16 December 2013

On 16 December 2013, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 744 daily.
Ubon Ratchathani set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 16 December 2013.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 16 December 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Beach Usgs 702.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rushford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 110.

Records on 16 December 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	110

Records on 16 December 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 2013

Top 20 records on 16 December 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 2013	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2013	Dinghai, CN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2013	Hoopeston, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Canandaigua 3 S, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Jian, CN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Ganzhou, CN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Hangzhou, CN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Shaoguan, CN	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Khon Kaen, TH	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Dongfang, CN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	W Otis, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Lincang, CN	all-time low max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Heyuan, CN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Newark, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2013	Beaver Is, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 762 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	580
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1