Weather Records on 5 January 2007

1,844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2007. Highest significance: Trinidad, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 2007

On 5 January 2007, 1,844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,268 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,755 daily.
Trinidad set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 5 January 2007.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,844 stations

1,844 station records on 5 January 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Erinair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Munglinup Melaleuca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.4 mm (7.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Villanueva	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Young River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Holly	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jerdacuttup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carlingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cochiti Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,844 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 418, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 850, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 5 January 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	418
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	850
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 5 January 2007 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 71, daily 1,755.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,518 broken records

Margins by which the 1,518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2007

Top 20 records on 5 January 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2007	Trinidad, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Oake Marsh Farm, AU	all-time rain	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Telina Downs, AU	all-time rain	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Dalyup Park, AU	all-time rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Shamba, AU	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	all-time rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Erinair, AU	all-time rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Munglinup Melaleuca, AU	all-time rain	180.4 mm (7.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Villanueva, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Young River, AU	all-time rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Cleveland, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Albion, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Ravensthorpe, AU	all-time rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2007	Dowagiac 1 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2007. 2007 had 1,844 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,486
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	4
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1