Weather Records on 23 December 2016

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2016. Highest significance: Myroodah, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 2016

On 23 December 2016, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 411 daily.
Myroodah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 171.6 mm (6.8 in) on 23 December 2016.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 23 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.6 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrabun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Navajo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-44.9 C (-48.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.8 C (-46.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nyssa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camballin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Payson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nita Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.4 C (-51.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zdvinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laryak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.5 C (-53.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Istrana	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trieste	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 23 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 23 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 2016

Top 20 records on 23 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2016	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	171.6 mm (6.8 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2016	Willcox, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2016	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2016	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2016	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2016	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Udialla, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Cherrabun, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Camarillo AP, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Jubilee Downs, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	130 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Broome Airport, AU	monthly rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Navajo Dam, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Esashi, JP	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Asahikawa, JP	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Estancia 4N, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Santa Barbara Muni AP, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Inhambane, MZ	daily high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2016	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 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 432 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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Data for records on 2016-12-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	322
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1