Weather Records on 5 January 1982

1,787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1982. Highest significance: Manistee 3SE, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1982

On 5 January 1982, 1,787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 367 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,713 daily.
Manistee 3SE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 5 January 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,787 stations

1,787 station records on 5 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	69.9 cm (27.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove Dam	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ceraima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Hollow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,787 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 269, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 693, Heaviest daily snowfall 132, Deepest snow cover 162.

Records on 5 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	269
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	693
Heaviest daily snowfall	132
Deepest snow cover	162

Records on 5 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 62, daily 1,713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,614 broken records

Margins by which the 1,614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1982

Top 20 records on 5 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1982	Manistee 3SE, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Austin #2, US	monthly snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	58 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Lahontan Dam, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Santa Cruz, US	all-time rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Port Townsend, US	monthly snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Mariposa, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Gladwin, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	W Pt, US	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1982	Simplicio Mendes, BR	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Framingham, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Springfield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Wales, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Ferros, BR	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Big Sur STN, US	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Placerville, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1982	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	54 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 1,787 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,529
100 to 200	64
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1