Weather Records on 5 December 2008

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2008. Highest significance: Niznij Novgorod, RU.

Key Facts for 5 December 2008

On 5 December 2008, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 749 daily.
Niznij Novgorod set a monthly record high minimum temperature of 3.8 C (38.8 F) on 5 December 2008.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

807 stations

807 station records on 5 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maine-Soroa	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahquamenon Falls Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trubcevsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galati	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paveletz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 176, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	176
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 57, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 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 2008

Top 20 records on 5 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2008	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Simferopol, UA	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Delphi 2 N, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Berne Wwtp, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Washington 1 W, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Henichesk, UA	monthly high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Charleston, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Anderson 1 N, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Brjansk, RU	monthly high max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Poretskoye, RU	daily high max	5.1 C (41.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Uman, UA	monthly high max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Coldwater St School, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2008	Bennetts Brg, US	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	1 year	37 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 807 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	641
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1