Weather Records on 5 January 1960

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1960. Highest significance: Brinkley, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1960

On 5 January 1960, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 457 daily.
Brinkley set a daily record snowfall of 22.4 cm (8.8 in) on 5 January 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 5 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Po Bldg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 96, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 5 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	96
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 5 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1960

Top 20 records on 5 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1960	Brinkley, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1960	Norman 3SSE, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1960	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1960	Ashwood, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Tullahoma, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Knoxville AP, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Ardmore, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Walters, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Memphis Po Bldg, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Morrilton, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Palmetto, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Ardmore, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Portales, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Chickasha, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Allardt, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Chillicothe, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1960	Malvern, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	44 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 463 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 50	336
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2