Weather Records on 5 December 1973

910 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1973. Highest significance: Williambury, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1973

On 5 December 1973, 910 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 874 daily.
Williambury set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 5 December 1973.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

910 stations

910 station records on 5 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenson 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itabera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Knob	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

910 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 402, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	402
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 874.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1973

Top 20 records on 5 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1973	Williambury, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1973	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1973	Franklin, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1973	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Contest, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Antioch, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Coweeta Exp STN, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, BR	daily rain	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Milstead, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Galena, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	La Motte (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Waukegan, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1973	Maquoketa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	43 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 910 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	725
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1