Weather Records on 5 December 2022

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2022. Highest significance: Cedarville, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 2022

On 5 December 2022, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 440 daily.
Cedarville set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 5 December 2022.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 5 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Bridges	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley Sp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolaus #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amarillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McNary 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sharjah Inter. Airp	United Arab Emirates	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanna	Vanuatu	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leadore #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 5 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 5 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 December 2022

Top 20 records on 5 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2022	Cedarville, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Barrow AP, US	monthly high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Panguitch, US	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Twin Bridges, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Spring Valley Sp, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Odessa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Ohotsk, RU	daily low max	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Gibson 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Moorhead 9 NE, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Goldendale, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Cascade Locks, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Oroville, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Bonneville Dam, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Zuara, LY	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2022	Natural Brg, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 454 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 50	346
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1