Weather Records on 5 December 1976

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1976. Highest significance: Chatham Exp Fa, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 1976

On 5 December 1976, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 520 daily.
Chatham Exp Fa set a daily record snow depth of 68.6 cm (27.0 in) on 5 December 1976.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 5 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vasterhaninge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Slavsko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mellansel	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1976

Top 20 records on 5 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1976	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Vasterhaninge, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Slavsko, UA	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Mt Carroll, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Fazenda Vista Redonda, BR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Vavenby, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Hillsdale, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Warren 3 S, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Murdo, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Green Bay, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1976	Socorro, BR	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1976	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1976	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 533 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	386
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1