Weather Records on 5 December 1952

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1952. Highest significance: Montreal McGill, CA.

Key Facts for 5 December 1952

On 5 December 1952, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 320 daily.
Montreal McGill set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 5 December 1952.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 5 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Island 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 780.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1952

Top 20 records on 5 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1952	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Les Cedres, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Joliette, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Sorel, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Wunnamurra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Nicolet, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	Ukiah, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1952	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1952	Joliette, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1952	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	31 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 324 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 100	268
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1