Weather Records on 5 December 2010

1,237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2010. Highest significance: Penong, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 2010

On 5 December 2010, 1,237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 342 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,186 daily.
Penong set a daily record precipitation of 43.6 mm (1.7 in) on 5 December 2010.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,237 stations

1,237 station records on 5 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yelabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kushnarenkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Cointrin	Switzerland	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Finchley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mudgeeraba Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.9 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schiermonnikoog	Netherlands	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brayton (Longreach)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bawnduggie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capalaba Water Treat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,237 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 218, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 385.

Records on 5 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	218
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	385

Records on 5 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 1,186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

996 broken records

Margins by which the 996 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2010

Top 20 records on 5 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2010	Penong, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Morrl Morrl (Valley View), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Yelabuga, RU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	46 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Sofia, BG	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2010	Little Nerang Dam, AU	daily rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Kushnarenkovo, RU	monthly rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Braganca, PT	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Geneve Cointrin, CH	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Gluckstadt, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Craigie (Finchley), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Gross Lusewitz, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Upper Mudgeeraba Water, AU	daily rain	127.9 mm (5.0 in)	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2010	Schiermonnikoog, NL	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 years	49 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2010. 2010 had 1,237 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 100	974
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1