Weather Records on 5 December 1947

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1947. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 5 December 1947

On 5 December 1947, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 277 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 5 December 1947.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 5 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 5 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 5 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 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 1947

Top 20 records on 5 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1947	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Knoxville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Beaumont Pumping Plt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Beaumont, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Alma, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1947	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Valyermo Rs, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	El Cajon 2 E, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Grand Meadow, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1947	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	50 years	29 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 283 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	183
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2