Weather Records on 5 December 1923

168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1923. Highest significance: Wilmington Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1923

On 5 December 1923, 168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 167 daily.
Wilmington Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 5 December 1923.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

168 stations

168 station records on 5 December 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Toogimbie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Connersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wanalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

168 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 December 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 December 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1923

Top 20 records on 5 December 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1923	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1923	Katandra North, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1923	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1923	Storrs, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1923	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1923	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Taunton, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Boston City WSO, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Lakeside, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Hay (Toogimbie), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Grantville, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1923	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	40 years	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1923. 1923 had 168 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 5	100
5 to 10	26
10 to 15	15
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	2