Weather Records on 5 January 1926

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1926. Highest significance: Ft Deposit, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1926

On 5 January 1926, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 327 daily.
Ft Deposit set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 5 January 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 5 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1926

Top 20 records on 5 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1926	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Blakely, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Covington, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Augusta, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1926	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Wollun, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Bonang, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Tallong, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Selma, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Tolmie (Langley), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1926	Canton, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	26 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 328 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	246
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1