Weather Records on 5 December 1951

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1951. Highest significance: Glenwood Spgs #2, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1951

On 5 December 1951, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 717 daily.
Glenwood Spgs #2 set a daily record snowfall of 29.5 cm (11.6 in) on 5 December 1951.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 5 December 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kumminin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springville Tule Hd	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 5 December 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 5 December 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 63, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1951

Top 20 records on 5 December 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1951	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Le Roy, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Pitkin, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Cascade, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Kumminin, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Arundel, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Cascade, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Trout Lake, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Duchesne, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Springville Tule Hd, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Independence, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1951	Durango, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 780 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	621
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1