Weather Records on 5 December 2015

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2015. Highest significance: Oak Park, AU.

Key Facts for 5 December 2015

On 5 December 2015, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
387 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 678 daily.
Oak Park set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 5 December 2015.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 5 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mainnerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alingsas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonolokan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caernarvon Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chesalon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amotsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nth Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2015

Top 20 records on 5 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2015	Oak Park, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Bakke, NO	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Malin Head, IE	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Wagin, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Royal Palm Rs, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Benalla, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Cherry Tree, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Mount Madden, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Mo I Rana III, NO	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Holt Rock, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2015	Aseral, NO	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Station Nord, GL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Pemberton, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Fuzhou, CN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Nancheng, CN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Rauland, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2015	Horseshoe, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2015. 2015 had 721 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 10	546
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1