Weather Records on 5 December 2011

1,472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2011. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 2011

On 5 December 2011, 1,472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 484 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,424 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 5 December 2011.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,472 stations

1,472 station records on 5 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Putnam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Painted Desert Np	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,472 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 261, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 223, Heaviest daily rainfall 539, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 5 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	261
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	223
Heaviest daily rainfall	539
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 5 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 1,424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,215 broken records

Margins by which the 1,215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2011

Top 20 records on 5 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2011	Clarendon, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Kenton, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Brinkley, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Hernando, US	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Georgetown, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Putnam, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Farmerville, US	daily rain	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Searcy, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Liberec, CZ	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Haynesville, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2011	Dumas, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2011	Hardy, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2011	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2011	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2011	Minden, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2011	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	58 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 1,472 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	922
20 to 40	165
40 to 60	68
60 to 80	32
80 to 100	12
100 to 120	13
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2