Weather Records on 5 December 1967

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1967. Highest significance: Kendall Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1967

On 5 December 1967, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 251 daily.
Kendall Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 86.1 mm (3.4 in) on 5 December 1967.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 5 December 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iserlohn-Westig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guaratingueta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 5 December 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 5 December 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1967

Top 20 records on 5 December 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1967	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1967	Balfour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Conconully, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Fanning River Station, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Mulwala (Tarramia), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd), BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Iserlohn-Westig, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Grouse, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Gundiah Railway Station, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Cruzeiro, BR	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Icem (Usina Marimbondo), BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1967	Taung, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	35 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1967. 1967 had 253 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	210
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1