Weather Records on 5 December 1987

829 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 1987. Highest significance: Champagne (Naf), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 December 1987

On 5 December 1987, 829 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 804 daily.
Champagne (Naf) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 255.0 mm (10.0 in) on 5 December 1987.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

829 stations

829 station records on 5 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Lobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Guarda (Parque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indaial	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salique (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Laranjal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacupiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

829 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 277, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	277
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 1987

Top 20 records on 5 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 1987	Champagne (Naf), ZA	monthly rain	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 1987	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Visalia, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Saint Ignatius, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Dutch Harbor, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Winton, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Ft Morgan, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	The Dalles, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Usina Do Lobo, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Villiers (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 1987	Fazenda da Guarda (Parque), BR	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1987	Indaial, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1987	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1987	Blackleaf, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1987	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1987	Snowville, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1987. 1987 had 829 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	565
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1