Weather Records on 16 December 1994

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1994. Highest significance: Huntsville, US.

Key Facts for 16 December 1994

On 16 December 1994, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 682 daily.
Huntsville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.4 mm (6.6 in) on 16 December 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 16 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belorecensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blaauwkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alto 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itaoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gornyij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Many	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavins Point Dam	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Termo 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Horto Florestal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Tule	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bar 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Remedios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Benton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 16 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 16 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1994

Top 20 records on 16 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1994	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1994	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1994	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1994	West Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1994	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Groveton, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Belorecensk, RU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Blaauwkop, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Fedor 3SE, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Alto 5 SW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Elgin 1 N, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Marlin, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Itaoca, BR	daily rain	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Pocahontas, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Caldwell, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Parma Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Gornyij, RU	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1994	Majkop, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 698 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 100	531
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1