Weather Records on 5 January 1932

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1932. Highest significance: Jefferson, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1932

On 5 January 1932, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 327 daily.
Jefferson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 5 January 1932.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 5 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1932

Top 20 records on 5 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1932	Jefferson, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1932	Geneva, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1932	Columbus 3 NE, US	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Atlantic 1 NE, US	all-time snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Minden, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Algona, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Storm Lake, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	David City 4E, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Dialville 2 W, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Atlantic 1 NE, US	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Thurman, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Healy, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Alta, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Fulton, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Burr Oak 4S, US	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Cumberland, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Harlan, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Burr Oak 4S, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 370 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	294
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1