Weather Records on 5 January 1935

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1935. Highest significance: Apollo Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1935

On 5 January 1935, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 746 daily.
Apollo Bay set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 5 January 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 5 January 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.6 C (-59.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.3 C (-22.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 552, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 January 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	552
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 January 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1935

Top 20 records on 5 January 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1935	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Madison, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Stuart Town, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Bordertown, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Victoria Valley, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Princetown (Rivernook), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Enfield, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1935	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Telangatuk (Scholfield), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1935	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	31 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1935. 1935 had 755 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	682
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1