Weather Records on 7 December 2016

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2016. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 2016

On 7 December 2016, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 380 daily.
Ada set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 7 December 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 7 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cozzo Spadaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glendon Brook (Lilyvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fureneset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grays Rvr Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thief Rvr Falls 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crozier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ortnevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 7 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 7 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 231.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 2016

Top 20 records on 7 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2016	Ada, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2016	Albion 1 N, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2016	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2016	Tifton, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Hallock, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Cozzo Spadaro, IT	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Stadlandet, NO	daily rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Waskish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Strelley, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Mahnomen, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Solomons, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Bulken, NO	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Bulverde, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Bradford, GB	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2016	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly high max	7.4 C (45.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	60 years	39 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

1801 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2016. 2016 had 389 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	321
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2