Weather Records on 5 December 1969

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1969. Highest significance: Pyramid, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1969

On 5 December 1969, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 577 daily.
Pyramid set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 5 December 1969.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 5 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guanambi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pericos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Salinas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 5 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 5 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1969

Top 20 records on 5 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1969	Pyramid, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Puerto Vallarta, MX	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Melrose, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Kenai AP, US	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Haigler, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Boerne, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1969	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	68 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 594 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	442
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1