Weather Records on 5 January 1912

54 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1912. Highest significance: Dookie Agricultural College, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1912

On 5 January 1912, 54 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 53 daily.
Dookie Agricultural College set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 5 January 1912.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

54 stations

54 station records on 5 January 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

54 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1912 by type: Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 5 January 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 January 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1912

Top 20 records on 5 January 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1912	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1912	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	monthly rain	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Roermond, NL	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Kaarimba, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	17 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Tapio, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Maly Uzen', RU	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Escanaba, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Paika, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1912	Truro, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	15 years	15 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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1912. 1912 had 54 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1838	1
1850	1
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1860	2
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	3
1869	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	5
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	5
1892	5
1894	10
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	4
1901	6
1902	14
1903	9
1904	24
1905	9
1906	15
1907	7
1908	12
1909	52
1910	21
1911	27
1912	54
1913	19
1914	34
1915	21
1916	95
1917	59
1918	41
1919	53
1920	122
1921	87
1922	160
1923	97
1924	408
1925	110
1926	328
1927	417
1928	112
1929	308
1930	203
1931	176
1932	370
1933	241
1934	294
1935	755
1936	280
1937	238
1938	200
1939	736
1940	654
1941	276
1942	828
1943	355
1944	274
1945	571
1946	1,218
1947	496
1948	537
1949	948
1950	1,400
1951	200
1952	345
1953	291
1954	389
1955	770
1956	699
1957	276
1958	506
1959	1,043
1960	463
1961	305
1962	359
1963	340
1964	191
1965	488
1966	607
1967	545
1968	1,037
1969	844
1970	463
1971	1,355
1972	695
1973	566
1974	986
1975	338
1976	744
1977	613
1978	672
1979	1,781
1980	997
1981	1,136
1982	1,787
1983	929
1984	1,163
1985	970
1986	856
1987	1,031
1988	1,389
1989	1,463
1990	471
1991	1,409
1992	1,001
1993	1,604
1994	1,481
1995	956
1996	1,084
1997	2,254
1998	1,426
1999	2,443
2000	786
2001	1,251
2002	833
2003	760
2004	1,731
2005	1,947
2006	813
2007	1,844
2008	1,114
2009	671
2010	1,386
2011	620
2012	1,307
2013	501
2014	746
2015	652
2016	516
2017	1,053
2018	1,075
2019	422
2020	395
2021	366
2022	700
2023	683
2024	458
2025	607
2026	736

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	38
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1