Weather Records on 5 January 1963

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1963. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 January 1963

On 5 January 1963, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 332 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 5 January 1963.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 5 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1963

Top 20 records on 5 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1963	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1963	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Spitskrans, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Keble, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Attunga (Garthowen), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Jacobina, BR	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Exwell Park, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Groot-Arendskraal, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Stewart, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Howard 2SE, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1963	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1963	Ellendale, AU	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1963	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1963	Tripoli City, LY	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	32 years	31 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 340 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	250
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1