Weather Records on 5 January 1985

970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1985. Highest significance: Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH.

Key Facts for 5 January 1985

On 5 January 1985, 970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 603 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 930 daily.
Col du Grand St-Bernard set an all-time record low maximum temperature of -23.2 C (-9.8 F) on 5 January 1985.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

970 stations

970 station records on 5 January 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timasevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-43.5 C (-46.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Titisee-Neustadt-Langenordnach	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Metztitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record snow depth	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Excame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernie	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

970 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 346, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 257, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 137.

Records on 5 January 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	346
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	257
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	137

Records on 5 January 1985 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 28, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1985

Top 20 records on 5 January 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1985	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	all-time low max	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1985	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Kanevskaja, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Dumas, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Saint Francis, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Greenville, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Big Wells 2W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Timasevskaja, RU	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Francistown, BW	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Zugspitze, DE	daily low min	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Zacatecas (Smn), MX	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Pleasant Hill, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1985	Brocken, DE	daily low max	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	84 years	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 970 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	719
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1