Weather Records on 5 January 1914

34 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1914. Highest significance: Olympia Priest Pt Park, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1914

On 5 January 1914, 34 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 31 daily.
Olympia Priest Pt Park set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 5 January 1914.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

34 stations

34 station records on 5 January 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicola Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

34 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 5 January 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 January 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 31.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

30 broken records

Margins by which the 30 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1914

Top 20 records on 5 January 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1914	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1914	Palermo, IT	monthly rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Sveg, SE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Nicola Lake, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Gavle, SE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	22 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	14 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	17 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	22 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1914	Brantford, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	11 years	9 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1914. 1914 had 34 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 January 1914
Margin	Records
0 to 10	25
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1