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Weather Records on 5 January 1894

10 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1894. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 5 January 1894

  • On 5 January 1894, 10 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 0 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 10 daily.
  • Oxford set a daily record low minimum temperature of -11.6 C (11.1 F) on 5 January 1894.
  • Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

10 stations
Weather records on 5 January 1894 10 station records on 5 January 1894 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
10 station records on 5 January 1894 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 5 January 1894: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
OxfordUnited KingdomRecord low minimum temperature-11.6 C (11.1 F)31 of 100 (Routine)
ArmaghUnited KingdomRecord low maximum temperature-1.3 C (29.7 F)26 of 100 (Routine)
PutbusGermanyRecord low maximum temperature-8.5 C (16.7 F)19 of 100 (Routine)
GoulburnAustraliaRecord daily precipitation33.5 mm (1.3 in)16 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-HolzhausenGermanyRecord low maximum temperature-11.5 C (11.3 F)15 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-BernardSwitzerlandRecord low maximum temperature-14.7 C (5.5 F)15 of 100 (Routine)
UccleBelgiumRecord low minimum temperature-14.0 C (6.8 F)12 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-BernardSwitzerlandRecord low minimum temperature-19.0 C (-2.2 F)10 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-HolzhausenGermanyRecord low minimum temperature-18.2 C (-0.8 F)9 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway LighthouseAustraliaRecord low maximum temperature16.7 C (62.1 F)2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

10 records
Records on 5 January 1894 by type Records set or tied on 5 January 1894 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 1. 0246Highest daily maximum: 0Lowest daily maximum: 5Highest daily minimum: 0Lowest daily minimum: 4Heaviest daily rainfall: 1Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 5 January 1894 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 5 January 1894 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum0
Lowest daily maximum5
Highest daily minimum0
Lowest daily minimum4
Heaviest daily rainfall1
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 5 January 1894 by timescale Records on 5 January 1894 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 10. 035810all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 10all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 5 January 1894 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 10.
Records on 5 January 1894 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily10

How Much Records Were Beaten By

9 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 January 1894 Margins by which the 9 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.4. Ties are not counted. 012340 to 2: 42 to 4: 44 to 6: 06 to 8: 08 to 10: 010 to 12: 012 to 14: 10 to 22 to 44 to 66 to 88 to 1010 to 1212 to 14
Margins by which the 9 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.4. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 January 1894
MarginRecords
0 to 24
2 to 44
4 to 60
6 to 80
8 to 100
10 to 120
12 to 141

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1894
Top 10 records on 5 January 1894 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
5 January 1894Oxford, GBdaily low min-11.6 C (11.1 F)0.5 C (0.9 F)74 years31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Armagh, GBdaily low max-1.3 C (29.7 F)2.9 C (5.2 F)40 years26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Putbus, DEdaily low max-8.5 C (16.7 F)2.6 C (4.7 F)30 years19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Goulburn, AUdaily rain33.5 mm (1.3 in)12.4 mm (0.5 in)18 years16 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Leipzig-Holzhausen, DEdaily low max-11.5 C (11.3 F)1.9 C (3.4 F)30 years15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Col du Grand St-Bernard, CHdaily low max-14.7 C (5.5 F)2.9 C (5.2 F)20 years15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Uccle, BEdaily low min-14.0 C (6.8 F)0.3 C (0.5 F)23 years12 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Col du Grand St-Bernard, CHdaily low min-19.0 C (-2.2 F)1.2 C (2.2 F)18 years10 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Leipzig-Holzhausen, DEdaily low min-18.2 C (-0.8 F)2.8 C (5.0 F)7 years9 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1894Cape Otway Lighthouse, AUdaily low max (Tie)16.7 C (62.1 F)tie18 years2 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1894
Records on 01-05 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1894. 1894 had 10 records. 01,0002,0003,0001795: 21803: 21838: 11850: 11853: 11855: 21857: 11860: 21861: 21862: 11863: 11864: 31869: 21870: 11871: 11872: 21873: 51874: 11875: 11878: 11879: 11881: 11882: 11883: 21884: 21886: 31887: 11888: 21889: 41890: 21891: 51892: 51894: 101895: 71896: 21897: 21898: 51899: 91900: 41901: 61902: 141903: 91904: 241905: 91906: 151907: 71908: 121909: 521910: 211911: 271912: 541913: 191914: 341915: 211916: 951917: 591918: 411919: 531920: 1221921: 871922: 1601923: 971924: 4081925: 1101926: 3281927: 4171928: 1121929: 3081930: 2031931: 1761932: 3701933: 2411934: 2941935: 7551936: 2801937: 2381938: 2001939: 7361940: 6541941: 2761942: 8281943: 3551944: 2741945: 5711946: 1,2181947: 4961948: 5371949: 9481950: 1,4001951: 2001952: 3451953: 2911954: 3891955: 7701956: 6991957: 2761958: 5061959: 1,0431960: 4631961: 3051962: 3591963: 3401964: 1911965: 4881966: 6071967: 5451968: 1,0371969: 8441970: 4631971: 1,3551972: 6951973: 5661974: 9861975: 3381976: 7441977: 6131978: 6721979: 1,7811980: 9971981: 1,1361982: 1,7871983: 9291984: 1,1631985: 9701986: 8561987: 1,0311988: 1,3891989: 1,4631990: 4711991: 1,4091992: 1,0011993: 1,6041994: 1,4811995: 9561996: 1,0841997: 2,2541998: 1,4261999: 2,4432000: 7862001: 1,2512002: 8332003: 7602004: 1,7312005: 1,9472006: 8132007: 1,8442008: 1,1142009: 6712010: 1,3862011: 6202012: 1,3072013: 5012014: 7462015: 6522016: 5172017: 1,0532018: 1,0692019: 4212020: 3952021: 3652022: 6942023: 6812024: 4582025: 6081795187418961913193019471964198119982015
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1894. 1894 had 10 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-05 in each year
YearRecords
17952
18032
18381
18501
18531
18552
18571
18602
18612
18621
18631
18643
18692
18701
18711
18722
18735
18741
18751
18781
18791
18811
18821
18832
18842
18863
18871
18882
18894
18902
18915
18925
189410
18957
18962
18972
18985
18999
19004
19016
190214
19039
190424
19059
190615
19077
190812
190952
191021
191127
191254
191319
191434
191521
191695
191759
191841
191953
1920122
192187
1922160
192397
1924408
1925110
1926328
1927417
1928112
1929308
1930203
1931176
1932370
1933241
1934294
1935755
1936280
1937238
1938200
1939736
1940654
1941276
1942828
1943355
1944274
1945571
19461,218
1947496
1948537
1949948
19501,400
1951200
1952345
1953291
1954389
1955770
1956699
1957276
1958506
19591,043
1960463
1961305
1962359
1963340
1964191
1965488
1966607
1967545
19681,037
1969844
1970463
19711,355
1972695
1973566
1974986
1975338
1976744
1977613
1978672
19791,781
1980997
19811,136
19821,787
1983929
19841,163
1985970
1986856
19871,031
19881,389
19891,463
1990471
19911,409
19921,001
19931,604
19941,481
1995956
19961,084
19972,254
19981,426
19992,443
2000786
20011,251
2002833
2003760
20041,731
20051,947
2006813
20071,844
20081,114
2009671
20101,386
2011620
20121,307
2013501
2014746
2015652
2016517
20171,053
20181,069
2019421
2020395
2021365
2022694
2023681
2024458
2025608

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).