Weather Records on 5 December 2014

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2014. Highest significance: Sublette 7WSW, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 2014

On 5 December 2014, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 461 daily.
Sublette 7WSW set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 5 December 2014.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 5 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cap Cepet	France	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nausori	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanders	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windamere Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.4 C (-44.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kettleman City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiporie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Francistown	Botswana	Record low minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Veselaja Gorka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2014

Top 20 records on 5 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2014	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2014	Cap Cepet, FR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Liberal, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Howard 2SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Nausori, FJ	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Corral Viejo, PR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Palestine, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Versailles, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Merced, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Hvar, HR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Litchfield Park, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Sanders, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Blanding, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Greenmount Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2014	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	118 years	40 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2014. 2014 had 476 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	378
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1