Weather Records on 5 January 1938

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1938. Highest significance: Bad Blankenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 5 January 1938

On 5 January 1938, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 192 daily.
Bad Blankenburg set a daily record snow depth of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 5 January 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

200 stations

200 station records on 5 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deolgaon Raja	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 192.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1938

Top 20 records on 5 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1938	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1938	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1938	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1938	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Chandur Bazar, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high min	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Osijek, HR	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily low min	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Osijek, HR	monthly low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Budapest, HU	monthly low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Budapest, HU	monthly low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily low max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Sonnblick, AT	daily low max	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1938	Anjangaon, IN	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	20 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 200 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 20	158
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2