Weather Records on 5 December 2021

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2021. Highest significance: Chandbali, IN.

Key Facts for 5 December 2021

On 5 December 2021, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
361 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 667 daily.
Chandbali set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 5 December 2021.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 5 December 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	277.1 mm (10.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Erzurum	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lanai AP 656	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Content 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enderlin 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	213.4 cm (84.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pori Porin Lentoasema	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kupino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 December 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 December 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2021

Top 20 records on 5 December 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2021	Chandbali, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 December 2021	Aneityum, VU	daily rain	277.1 mm (10.9 in)	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Saco 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Kahuku 912, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Vryheid, ZA	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Erzurum, TR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Chita, RU	daily high min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	121 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Lanai AP 656, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Mogoca, RU	daily high max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Julian Cdf, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	127 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Shoshone, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Oshkosh, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Superior, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Basin, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2021	Moran 5WNW, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2021. 2021 had 679 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 200	548
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1