Weather Records on 5 January 1962

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1962. Highest significance: Nanango Wills St, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1962

On 5 January 1962, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 356 daily.
Nanango Wills St set a daily record precipitation of 117.9 mm (4.6 in) on 5 January 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

359 stations

359 station records on 5 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tupelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Impendle (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1962

Top 20 records on 5 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1962	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Basel Binningen, CH	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Vectis, Winterton, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Shamrock, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Eudamullah, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Swan River, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Bristow, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1962	Baudette, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1962	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1962	Eston, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1962	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	32 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 359 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	276
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1