Weather Records on 5 January 1995

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1995. Highest significance: Mesa, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1995

On 5 January 1995, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 892 daily.
Mesa set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 5 January 1995.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 5 January 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
China Lake Naf	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 5 January 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 5 January 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 236.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1995

Top 20 records on 5 January 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1995	Mesa, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1995	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1995	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1995	Duncan, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1995	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Glendora Fc 287B, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Buckhorn, US	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Alpine, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Burra (Worlds End), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Wakool (Barratta), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Casa Grande Nm, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Bagdad, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Haiwee, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1995	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	46 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1995. 1995 had 956 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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Data for records on 1995-01-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	759
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1