Weather Records on 5 January 1931

176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1931. Highest significance: Gavle, SE.

Key Facts for 5 January 1931

On 5 January 1931, 176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 169 daily.
Gavle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 5 January 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

176 stations

176 station records on 5 January 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.9 C (-59.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.3 C (-53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

176 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 January 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 January 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1931

Top 20 records on 5 January 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1931	Gavle, SE	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1931	Jonkoping, SE	monthly rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1931	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1931	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Pelee Island, CA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Setif, DZ	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Georgetown Post Office, AU	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Bizerte Cap Blanc, TN	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Tuscumbia, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Hvar, HR	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low min	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Melville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1931	Tomsk, RU	daily low min	-50.9 C (-59.6 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	37 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 176 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 25	143
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1