Weather Records on 5 January 1950

1,400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1950. Highest significance: Brookhaven City, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1950

On 5 January 1950, 1,400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
711 were record highs and 384 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,325 daily.
Brookhaven City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 5 January 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,400 stations

1,400 station records on 5 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,400 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 403, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 5 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	403
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 5 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 66, daily 1,325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,234 broken records

Margins by which the 1,234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1950

Top 20 records on 5 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1950	Brookhaven City, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	State UNIV, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Louisa 2 S, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Waverly, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Reading Wb City, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Rocklands, ZA	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Spencer, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Orebro, SE	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Kojnas, RU	daily low max	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	21.2 C (38.2 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Glenville, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Ironton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1950	Ashland, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 1,400 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 1950-01-05: 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	1,219
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1