Weather Records on 5 December 1968

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1968. Highest significance: Munising, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1968

On 5 December 1968, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 747 daily.
Munising set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 5 December 1968.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 5 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washago	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hornsby (Pretoria Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yimkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washago	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa Ag. Res. STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.7 C (-32.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Callemondah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1968

Top 20 records on 5 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1968	Munising, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Lower Hay Creek, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Kent, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Dubois, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Groton, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Baldwin, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Washago, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Gordon Golf Club, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Fenelon Falls, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1968	Brassua Dam, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	46 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 766 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	659
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2