Weather Records on 5 December 1911

97 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1911. Highest significance: Young Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1911

On 5 December 1911, 97 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 90 daily.
Young Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 5 December 1911.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

97 stations

97 station records on 5 December 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Youngara 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

97 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 December 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 December 1911 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 90.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1911

Top 20 records on 5 December 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1911	Young Post Office, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1911	Winbar, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1911	Melrose Plains, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Dunlop, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Binya (Merribee), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1911	Coan Downs, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1911	Goulburn, AU	all-time rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1911	Mount Bute, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1911	Girilambone (Booroomugga), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1911	Charlton, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1911	Kallara, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1911. 1911 had 97 records.

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

Records on 12-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	2
1808	1
1812	1
1820	1
1823	1
1824	1
1825	2
1827	1
1829	3
1833	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1846	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	4
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	4
1868	4
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	3
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1895	13
1896	1
1897	1
1898	7
1900	11
1901	1
1902	13
1903	8
1904	4
1905	4
1906	15
1907	6
1908	7
1909	55
1910	10
1911	97
1912	40
1913	35
1914	22
1915	95
1916	81
1917	35
1918	32
1919	48
1920	89
1921	56
1922	99
1923	168
1924	106
1925	220
1926	370
1927	82
1928	168
1929	111
1930	247
1931	224
1932	235
1933	566
1934	164
1935	273
1936	409
1937	336
1938	279
1939	691
1940	244
1941	899
1942	583
1943	276
1944	320
1945	418
1946	552
1947	283
1948	529
1949	139
1950	887
1951	780
1952	324
1953	459
1954	425
1955	568
1956	1,229
1957	348
1958	465
1959	287
1960	898
1961	415
1962	834
1963	326
1964	909
1965	534
1966	1,038
1967	253
1968	766
1969	594
1970	845
1971	690
1972	2,240
1973	910
1974	527
1975	859
1976	533
1977	1,227
1978	960
1979	863
1980	1,054
1981	590
1982	1,577
1983	1,024
1984	1,141
1985	1,324
1986	798
1987	829
1988	581
1989	1,317
1990	887
1991	1,384
1992	1,743
1993	871
1994	1,481
1995	1,094
1996	987
1997	718
1998	2,489
1999	1,060
2000	973
2001	2,046
2002	2,027
2003	1,031
2004	805
2005	1,475
2006	1,646
2007	992
2008	807
2009	1,229
2010	1,237
2011	1,472
2012	1,081
2013	1,763
2014	476
2015	721
2016	636
2017	568
2018	338
2019	463
2020	529
2021	679
2022	454
2023	1,402
2024	796
2025	872

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	36
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2