Weather Records on 30 December 2016

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2016. Highest significance: Waranga Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 2016

On 30 December 2016, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 679 daily.
Waranga Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 30 December 2016.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 30 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kingfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Waverley (Golf Course)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orientos Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kotta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airpor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth (Raglus)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (the Brothers)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ritsem	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Elverton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buln Buln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noojee (Slivar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 30 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 30 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 22, daily 679.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

638 broken records

Margins by which the 638 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 287.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 2016

Top 20 records on 30 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2016	Waranga Reservoir, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Highlands (Glentannar), AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Kingfield, US	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	26 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Moosehead, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	College Obsy, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Epping, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2016	Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Omeo Shannon Vale, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Dandenong, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Colbinabbin, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Stanhope, AU	monthly rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Moffit 3 SE, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Euroa, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Woodend (Carlisle Street), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2016	Melbourne Airport, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	56 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 706 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-12-30: 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 50	591
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2