Weather Records on 5 January 1919

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1919. Highest significance: Culbertson, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1919

On 5 January 1919, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 47 daily.
Culbertson set a daily record snow depth of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 5 January 1919.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 5 January 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Poodra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 January 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 January 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1919

Top 20 records on 5 January 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1919	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1919	Bologna, IT	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1919	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	122 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1919	Genoa, IT	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1919	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Salzburg, AT	monthly high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Kremsmuenster, AT	monthly high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Milan, IT	daily high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Outalpa, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Bamberg, DE	monthly high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Bimbowrie, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Nurnberg, DE	monthly high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Weissenburg, DE	monthly high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	2 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1919	Mantova, IT	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	15 years	14 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1919. 1919 had 53 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	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1