Weather Records on 5 January 1969

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1969. Highest significance: Pahala 21, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1969

On 5 January 1969, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 340 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 823 daily.
Pahala 21 set a daily record precipitation of 128.3 mm (5.1 in) on 5 January 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 5 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scenic	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 195, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 79.

Records on 5 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	195
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	79

Records on 5 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1969

Top 20 records on 5 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1969	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Bloomfield, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Hampton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Britton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Huelva, ES	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Britton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Kenai AP, US	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Bonneville Dam, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Ketchikan AP, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1969	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	36 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 844 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	595
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1