Weather Records on 31 December 2016

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 2016. Highest significance: Libby 32 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 2016

On 31 December 2016, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
452 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 660 daily.
Libby 32 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 31 December 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 31 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bevendale (Riverview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garema (Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Denison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harsfjarden	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexican Hat	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 266, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 31 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	266
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 31 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 2016

Top 20 records on 31 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 2016	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 December 2016	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Bogan Gate Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Bevendale (Riverview), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Coniston, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Willow City, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Ghanzi, BW	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Wallowa, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Payette, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	111 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 2016	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	40 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

1797 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 678 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 25	564
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1