Weather Records on 5 January 1922

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1922. Highest significance: Ashbourne, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1922

On 5 January 1922, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 158 daily.
Ashbourne set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 5 January 1922.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

160 stations

160 station records on 5 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1922

Top 20 records on 5 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1922	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1922	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1922	Lichtentanne, DE	all-time snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1922	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1922	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Woodside, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Willunga, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Stratford, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Yalta, UA	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Auburn, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Fountain Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1922	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	34 years	20 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1922. 1922 had 160 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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Data for records on 1922-01-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	141
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1