Weather Records on 5 December 1921

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1921. Highest significance: Bombala (Therry Street), AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1921

On 5 December 1921, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Bombala (Therry Street) set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 5 December 1921.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 5 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 5 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1921

Top 20 records on 5 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1921	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1921	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1921	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Boomanoomana, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Cadia, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Husum, DE	daily low max	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1921	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	10 years	14 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 56 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	39
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1