Weather Records on 5 January 1972

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1972. Highest significance: The Rock Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1972

On 5 January 1972, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 675 daily.
The Rock Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 5 January 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 5 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bladgrond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lay Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spitshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 153, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 5 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	153
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 5 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1972

Top 20 records on 5 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1972	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1972	Tarago (Kildare), AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1972	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1972	Telemon Station, AU	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Calvinia, ZA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Bladgrond, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Caruthersville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Clutha Station, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Saaifontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Valley Park, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1972	Burragate Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 695 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 100	540
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1