Weather Records on 5 January 2009

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2009. Highest significance: Wallowa, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 2009

On 5 January 2009, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 653 daily.
Wallowa set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 5 January 2009.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 5 January 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St John	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kremlin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ronlow Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broadleigh Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 120.

Records on 5 January 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	120

Records on 5 January 2009 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2009

Top 20 records on 5 January 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2009	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2009	Rosalia, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2009	Chester, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2009	Orderville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Malboona, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Ross Dam, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	East London, ZA	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	St John, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Center 4SE, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Petrified Forest Np, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Cottonwood 2 WSW, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Diablo Dam, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Tuapse, RU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Packwood, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Weiser, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2009	Valier, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	42 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 671 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 2009-01-05: 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 100	451
100 to 200	27
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1