Weather Records on 5 January 1958

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1958. Highest significance: Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 January 1958

On 5 January 1958, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 459 daily.
Duiwelskloof (Mun) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 336.5 mm (13.2 in) on 5 January 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 5 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	336.5 mm (13.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mac Mac Bos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Letaba Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 37, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1958

Top 20 records on 5 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1958	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	all-time rain	336.5 mm (13.2 in)	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Falfurrias, US	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Hebbronville, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Ricardo, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Sarita 7 E, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Alice, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Runge, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1958	Skukuza, ZA	all-time rain	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Dilley, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Hondo, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Sinton, US	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Sabinal, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Uvalde, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Brackettville, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Kingsville, US	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Brownsville, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1958	Mac Mac Bos, ZA	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 years	53 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 506 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	338
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	3