Weather Records on 5 January 1937

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1937. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1937

On 5 January 1937, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 223 daily.
Pardoo Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 174.5 mm (6.9 in) on 5 January 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 5 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1937

Top 20 records on 5 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1937	Pardoo Station, AU	monthly rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Boodarie, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	De Grey, AU	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Mulyie, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Williams, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Litchfield, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Strelley, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1937	Roebourne, AU	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Ettrick, AU	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Millstream, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1937	Edgeley 3WNW, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	33 years	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 238 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 100	194
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1