Weather Records on 5 December 1934

164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1934. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 5 December 1934

On 5 December 1934, 164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 159 daily.
Karlshamn set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 5 December 1934.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

164 stations

164 station records on 5 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

164 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1778.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1934

Top 20 records on 5 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1934	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Sveg, SE	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Mummidivaram, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1934	Halden, NO	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Fayette, US	daily snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Bjuraker, SE	monthly rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Waterloo, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1934	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	25 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1934. 1934 had 164 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 250	131
250 to 500	3
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	2
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1
1750 to 2000	1