Weather Records on 5 January 1942

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1942. Highest significance: Broome Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1942

On 5 January 1942, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 682 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 809 daily.
Broome Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 134.1 mm (5.3 in) on 5 January 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 5 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie City Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 374, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 308, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 5 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	374
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	308
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 5 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 13, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2261.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1942

Top 20 records on 5 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1942	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1942	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1942	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1942	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1942	Saltair, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1942	Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe), BR	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	all-time low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Idaho City, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Canon City, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Clarinda, US	daily snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Meeker 5 W, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Crosbyton, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Clarendon, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1942	Webster City, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 828 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 500	686
500 to 1000	3
1000 to 1500	1
1500 to 2000	1
2000 to 2500	1