Weather Records on 15 December 2016

1,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 2016. Highest significance: Madras, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 2016

On 15 December 2016, 1,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 978 daily.
Madras set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 15 December 2016.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,024 stations

1,024 station records on 15 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Nyssa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Navua	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	277.0 mm (10.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	185.6 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pelton Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blind Bull Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Knoll W C	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scofield-Skyline Mine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beartooth Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fresno Yosemite Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pelton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spratt Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nausori	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchum Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskey Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boardman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burroughs Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,024 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 15 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 15 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

855 broken records

Margins by which the 855 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 2016

Top 20 records on 15 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 2016	Madras, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2016	Nyssa, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2016	Moro, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2016	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2016	Arlington, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 2016	Joplin, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Billings Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Bend, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Emmett 2 E, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Kennewick, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Navua, FJ	daily rain	277.0 mm (10.9 in)	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Berkeley, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Darby, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Laucala Bay, FJ	daily rain	185.6 mm (7.3 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 2016	Fukuoka, JP	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	50 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 1,024 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	772
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1