Weather Records on 5 January 1948

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1948. Highest significance: Fatehabad, IN.

Key Facts for 5 January 1948

On 5 January 1948, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 513 daily.
Fatehabad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 5 January 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 5 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pasan	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baliapal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chhata	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1948

Top 20 records on 5 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1948	Fatehabad, IN	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1948	Bhavnathpur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Garotha, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Rajakhera, IN	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Ramtek, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Kindsi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Bagodar I, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Katangi, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Baikunthpur, IN	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Salon, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Faizabad, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Kalpi, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Beberu, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Rae Bareli, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Amethi, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Perseoni, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1948	Bah, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 537 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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Data for records on 1948-01-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	463
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1