Weather Records on 5 December 1926

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1926. Highest significance: Needles, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1926

On 5 December 1926, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 368 daily.
Needles set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 5 December 1926.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 5 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1926

Top 20 records on 5 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1926	Needles, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1926	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1926	Lycippus 1 E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1926	Watford, CA	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Miles City, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Bancroft, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Lewiston, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	State College, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	North Bridgton, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Lawrence, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	World Trade Ctr, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Haliburton A, CA	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Lowell, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Worcester, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Belvidere, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1926	Boston City WSO, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	22 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 370 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 20	282
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1