Weather Records on 5 December 1940

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1940. Highest significance: Sattankulam, IN.

Key Facts for 5 December 1940

On 5 December 1940, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 240 daily.
Sattankulam set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 5 December 1940.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 5 December 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 5 December 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 5 December 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1940

Top 20 records on 5 December 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1940	Sattankulam, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1940	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Holland Wtp, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Attingal, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Bauple, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Ettumanur, IN	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1940	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	38 years	25 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1940. 1940 had 244 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	186
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1