Weather Records on 17 December 2016

1,521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 2016. Highest significance: Breckenridge, US.

Key Facts for 17 December 2016

On 17 December 2016, 1,521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 526 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,489 daily.
Breckenridge set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 17 December 2016.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,521 stations

1,521 station records on 17 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tomingley (Gundongs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Almeria/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiskey Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Costilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Edge Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nabouwalu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	253.1 mm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lidsdale (Maddox Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nausori	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seaqaqa	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,521 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 231, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 295, Heaviest daily rainfall 339, Heaviest daily snowfall 256, Deepest snow cover 111.

Records on 17 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	231
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	295
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	256
Deepest snow cover	111

Records on 17 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 1,489.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,280 broken records

Margins by which the 1,280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 317.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 2016

Top 20 records on 17 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 2016	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 December 2016	Las Animas, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Dillon 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Antelope 6 SSW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Murcia/Alcantarilla, ES	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 2016	Paling Yards (Ulabri), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Tomingley (Gundongs), AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Washington Is, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Ko Samui, TH	daily rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Climax, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Dansville, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Madras, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Murdo, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 2016	Climax, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	53 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 1,521 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	1,123
50 to 100	107
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1