Weather Records on 5 January 1997

2,254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1997. Highest significance: Wheaton, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 1997

On 5 January 1997, 2,254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,527 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 111 monthly and 2,124 daily.
Wheaton set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 5 January 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 5 January 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Reservoir-Tomahawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatabon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,254 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 1,022, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 505, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 151, Deepest snow cover 180.

Records on 5 January 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1,022
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	505
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	151
Deepest snow cover	180

Records on 5 January 1997 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 111, daily 2,124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,854 broken records

Margins by which the 1,854 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1997

Top 20 records on 5 January 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1997	Wheaton, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 January 1997	Milaca, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Wadena 3 S, US	monthly snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	48 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Leech Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Wadena 3 S, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Victor 4 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Cass Lake, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Long Prairie, US	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Wheaton, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Faulkton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1997	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1997	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	102 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 2,254 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	1,763
100 to 200	53
200 to 300	25
300 to 400	9
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1