Weather Records on 5 December 1944

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1944. Highest significance: Victoria Cp&L, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1944

On 5 December 1944, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 309 daily.
Victoria Cp&L set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 5 December 1944.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 5 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 317.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1944

Top 20 records on 5 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1944	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Blanco, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Tucumcari, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Eucla, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Hempstead, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Henderson, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	San Jon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Council Grove, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Margherita, IN	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Crockett, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Marble Falls, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1944	Coloso, PR	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 320 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	237
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1