Weather Records on 5 December 1949

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1949. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 5 December 1949

On 5 December 1949, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 131 daily.
St John's set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 5 December 1949.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 5 December 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.3 C (-40.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 19.

Records on 5 December 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 December 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1949

Top 20 records on 5 December 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1949	St John's, CA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Saint John, CA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Fredericton Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1949	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Hvar, HR	monthly high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Glen Boughton, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Edmundston, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Fredericton Cda, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Digby, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Chita, RU	daily low min	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Araci, BR	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Campsie, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1949	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1949. 1949 had 139 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	87
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1