Weather Records on 5 December 1986

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1986. Highest significance: Westland, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 1986

On 5 December 1986, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 746 daily.
Westland set a daily record precipitation of 57.5 mm (2.3 in) on 5 December 1986.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 5 December 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Twins Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.3 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Russleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cafelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ratan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tandsbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas de Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda S.Joao Morro Vermelho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Promissao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boituva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dodre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga (Kunat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hunge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ourinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Satenas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Monolon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cerqueira Cesar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 420, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 December 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	420
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 December 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 52, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1986

Top 20 records on 5 December 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1986	Westland, AU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1986	Forse, SE	monthly rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Yunta (Panaramitee), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Yunta, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	The Twins Station, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Sao Vicente, BR	daily rain	152.3 mm (6.0 in)	111.1 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Russleigh, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Longford, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Cafelandia, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Ratan, SE	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Ytterberg_D, SE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Bairro Represa, BR	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Piratininga, BR	daily rain	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Tandsbyn, SE	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Aguas de Santa Barbara, BR	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Atorp, SE	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Fazenda S.Joao Morro Vermelho, BR	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1986	Rosta, SE	monthly rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1 year	45 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 798 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 20	626
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1