Weather Records on 16 December 2022

836 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 2022. Highest significance: Interior 3 NE, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 2022

On 16 December 2022, 836 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 393 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 798 daily.
Interior 3 NE set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 16 December 2022.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

836 stations

836 station records on 16 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Multan Intl	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Butte 2ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

836 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 198, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 195, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 129.

Records on 16 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	198
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	195
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	129

Records on 16 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 29, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 2022

Top 20 records on 16 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 2022	Interior 3 NE, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2022	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2022	Yulmbu, AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2022	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2022	Midwest, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 2022	Multan Intl, PK	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Winner, US	monthly snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Wood, US	all-time snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Harvey 4NE, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Lead, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Wessington 2SE, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Jimma, ET	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Cotton, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 2022	Indus 3 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	48 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 836 records.

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

Records on 12-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1808	1
1810	1
1814	2
1815	2
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1846	3
1852	1
1853	1
1859	3
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	7
1897	4
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	17
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	5
1907	30
1908	11
1909	5
1910	38
1911	26
1912	31
1913	12
1914	26
1915	55
1916	31
1917	60
1918	33
1919	52
1920	61
1921	35
1922	62
1923	205
1924	347
1925	93
1926	130
1927	218
1928	338
1929	383
1930	398
1931	168
1932	880
1933	716
1934	163
1935	71
1936	429
1937	351
1938	142
1939	1,014
1940	633
1941	348
1942	550
1943	491
1944	189
1945	478
1946	357
1947	506
1948	775
1949	132
1950	272
1951	987
1952	349
1953	265
1954	305
1955	325
1956	650
1957	478
1958	497
1959	605
1960	393
1961	858
1962	859
1963	484
1964	639
1965	576
1966	417
1967	886
1968	557
1969	205
1970	726
1971	1,540
1972	1,020
1973	823
1974	546
1975	493
1976	526
1977	950
1978	532
1979	528
1980	1,322
1981	1,498
1982	1,208
1983	1,156
1984	1,944
1985	983
1986	485
1987	1,377
1988	605
1989	3,181
1990	753
1991	659
1992	1,408
1993	676
1994	698
1995	714
1996	797
1997	1,260
1998	698
1999	821
2000	1,160
2001	1,197
2002	990
2003	679
2004	510
2005	1,073
2006	1,020
2007	1,301
2008	2,049
2009	1,032
2010	1,585
2011	777
2012	912
2013	762
2014	465
2015	925
2016	1,588
2017	349
2018	624
2019	786
2020	415
2021	1,485
2022	836
2023	841
2024	755
2025	1,820

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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	609
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	18
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	4