Weather Records on 5 January 1924

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1924. Highest significance: Concord, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1924

On 5 January 1924, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 333 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 394 daily.
Concord set a daily record snowfall of 42.7 cm (16.8 in) on 5 January 1924.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 5 January 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavenagh West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 5 January 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 5 January 1924 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 6, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 325.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1924

Top 20 records on 5 January 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1924	Concord, US	daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1924	Portland, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1924	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Millerton, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	N Loup, US	all-time low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Marshalltown, US	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Yandilla, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Washington, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low min	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Mena, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1924	Grand Meadow, US	monthly low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	21 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 408 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 50	345
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1