Weather Records on 5 December 1920

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1920. Highest significance: Nelgowrie, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1920

On 5 December 1920, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 85 daily.
Nelgowrie set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 5 December 1920.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 5 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wangamana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tarriaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerslie 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 5 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 85.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1920

Top 20 records on 5 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1920	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1920	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1920	Concord, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1920	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1920	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Wangamana, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Cumberland Station, AU	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Burlington, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1920	Leominster, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	23 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 89 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 December 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	63
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2