Weather Records on 5 December 1932

235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1932. Highest significance: Miles City, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1932

On 5 December 1932, 235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 227 daily.
Miles City set a daily record snowfall of 12.4 cm (4.9 in) on 5 December 1932.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

235 stations

235 station records on 5 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

235 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 5 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1932

Top 20 records on 5 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1932	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1932	Browning, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Augusta, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Chatham, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Kiev, UA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Enosburg Falls, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Browning, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Zhizdra, RU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Augusta, US	monthly rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1932	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1932. 1932 had 235 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	176
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1