Weather Records on 5 January 1933

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1933. Highest significance: Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1933

On 5 January 1933, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 240 daily.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 5 January 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 5 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bomaderry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinac Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1933

Top 20 records on 5 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1933	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1933	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1933	Southport, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Weldon, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Bomaderry, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	St John's, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Little Mtn, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Holbrook, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Lakeside, US	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Scottsdale, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Attabari, IN	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Boras, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1933	Vanersborg, SE	daily high min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	18 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 241 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 10	173
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1