Weather Records on 21 December 2016

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 2016. Highest significance: Emu Creek Station, AU.

Key Facts for 21 December 2016

On 21 December 2016, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
275 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 529 daily.
Emu Creek Station set a daily record precipitation of 34.6 mm (1.4 in) on 21 December 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 21 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meandarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.6 C (-42.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.7 C (-44.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iizuka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hita	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ugut	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-45.4 C (-49.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tolka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-45.5 C (-49.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sejmchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Makuschino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bredy	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Theda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mudanjiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tottori	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 21 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 21 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 2016

Top 20 records on 21 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 2016	Emu Creek Station, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	114 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2016	Chengshantou, CN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2016	Mininer, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Beatrice Hill, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	128 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Zhangwu, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Meandarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Xiamen, CN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Moffit 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Northam, AU	daily high max	41.5 C (106.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Cherdyn', RU	daily low min	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Poretskoye, RU	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Ufa, RU	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Cagliari, IT	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Biser, RU	daily low min	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily low min	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2016	Donnybrook, AU	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	89 years	38 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 543 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,100

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	439
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1