Weather Records on 5 January 1951

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1951. Highest significance: Headingly Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1951

On 5 January 1951, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 198 daily.
Headingly Station set a daily record precipitation of 80.5 mm (3.2 in) on 5 January 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

200 stations

200 station records on 5 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1951

Top 20 records on 5 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1951	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Barkly Downs, AU	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Bokfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1951	Brome, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Escada, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Ranken River, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Flandreau, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Zoetvlei, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1951	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	56 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 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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Data for records on 1951-01-05: 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	148
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1