Weather Records on 5 January 1999

2,443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1999. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 1999

On 5 January 1999, 2,443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,015 were record highs and 956 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 226 monthly and 2,204 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 89.8 mm (3.5 in) on 5 January 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 5 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello (River)	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grizedale	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,443 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 612, Lowest daily maximum 498, Highest daily minimum 403, Lowest daily minimum 458, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 187.

Records on 5 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	612
Lowest daily maximum	498
Highest daily minimum	403
Lowest daily minimum	458
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	187

Records on 5 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 226, daily 2,204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,046 broken records

Margins by which the 2,046 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1999

Top 20 records on 5 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1999	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	109 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1999	Hobart 2 WNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1999	Pontiac, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 January 1999	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	White Hall 1 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Lowell Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Ft Madison, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	121 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Adina, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Palmyra, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Monticello (River), US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1999	Philip AP, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1999	Whitby Falls, AU	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1999	Lennep 5 SW, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1999	Esperance, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 2,443 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 January 1999
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,977
100 to 200	43
200 to 300	20
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	1