Weather Records on 5 December 1970

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1970. Highest significance: Hogsback (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 December 1970

On 5 December 1970, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 828 daily.
Hogsback (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 86.5 mm (3.4 in) on 5 December 1970.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 5 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 609, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 5 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	609
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 5 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1970

Top 20 records on 5 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1970	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Mount Anderson, AU	monthly rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Roebuck Plains, AU	monthly rain	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Meningie, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Portland, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1970	Rust-En-Vrede, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1970	Longvale, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1970	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1970	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	58 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1970. 1970 had 845 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	718
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2