Weather Records on 5 December 1961

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1961. Highest significance: Isabela Substn, PR.

Key Facts for 5 December 1961

On 5 December 1961, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 389 daily.
Isabela Substn set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 5 December 1961.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 5 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulanur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1961

Top 20 records on 5 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1961	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1961	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Marayur, IN	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly high min	10.3 C (50.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	127 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Sholavandan, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Piqua, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Milan, IT	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	135 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Rushville, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Lowville, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Port Daniel, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Geisenheim, DE	monthly high max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Schikfontein, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1961	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	36 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 415 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	354
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1