Weather Records on 5 January 1979

1,781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1979. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1979

On 5 January 1979, 1,781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 894 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,729 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 382.0 mm (15.0 in) on 5 January 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,781 stations

1,781 station records on 5 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	382.0 mm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	415.0 mm (16.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.4 mm (10.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.6 mm (8.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.4 mm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	267.6 mm (10.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.4 mm (8.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.0 mm (9.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donnellson	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,781 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 494, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 400, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 226, Deepest snow cover 330.

Records on 5 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	494
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	400
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	226
Deepest snow cover	330

Records on 5 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 42, daily 1,729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,487 broken records

Margins by which the 1,487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1979

Top 20 records on 5 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1979	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	382.0 mm (15.0 in)	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1979	Pocahontas 1, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	106 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1979	Deeral, AU	daily rain	415.0 mm (16.3 in)	294.1 mm (11.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Kairi Research Station, AU	monthly rain	268.4 mm (10.6 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Julatten, AU	daily rain	204.6 mm (8.1 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	173.9 mm (6.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Lussanvira, BR	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Box Butte Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Mystic Lake, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Danbulla Forestry, AU	monthly rain	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Koah, AU	daily rain	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Paragould, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Wellfleet, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Valparaiso, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1979	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	20 years	47 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 1,781 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	1,408
100 to 200	64
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	3