Weather Records on 5 January 1917

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1917. Highest significance: Toledo Blade, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1917

On 5 January 1917, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 58 daily.
Toledo Blade set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 5 January 1917.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 5 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarriaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Warnertown (Willow Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 5 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1917

Top 20 records on 5 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1917	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1917	Cottam, CA	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Welland, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Westminster, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Concord, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Buffalo, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	London South, CA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Stonecliffe, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1917	Alton, CA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	1 year	18 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 59 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 20	46
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1