Weather Records on 5 December 1925

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1925. Highest significance: Fulton, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1925

On 5 December 1925, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 212 daily.
Fulton set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 5 December 1925.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 5 December 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 December 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 December 1925 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1925

Top 20 records on 5 December 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1925	Fulton, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1925	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1925	Framingham, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1925	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1925	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1925	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Ashland, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Nevada City, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Fayette, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Bamberg, DE	daily low max	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	La Crosse River, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1925	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	23 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1925. 1925 had 220 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 50	168
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1