Weather Records on 29 December 2016

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2016. Highest significance: Lobethal, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 2016

On 29 December 2016, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 591 daily.
Lobethal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 29 December 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 29 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wynyard Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berwick (Buchanan Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison (Arcadia (Sunnyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim Baps	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loongana (Serendipity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ashrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdownie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 29 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 29 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2016

Top 20 records on 29 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2016	Lobethal, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2016	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2016	Violet Town, AU	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	127 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Orroroo (Yalpara), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	127 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Jamestown Dpi, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Blyth, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2016	Coomandook, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Ft Pierre 17 WSW, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Beulah, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Wynyard Airport, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Dingee, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Manzini/Matsapa Air, SZ	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2016	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	54 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

1799 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2016. 2016 had 620 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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 2026-10-16 (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	463
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	3