Weather Records on 5 January 2011

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2011. Highest significance: Khartoum, SD.

Key Facts for 5 January 2011

On 5 January 2011, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 596 daily.
Khartoum set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 5 January 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 5 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paraburdoo Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mirrabooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Netzstall	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tangadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzalinda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eslohe	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hognestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatyryk-Homo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Grove	United States	Record snow depth	170.2 cm (67.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coyutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Otog Qi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 121.

Records on 5 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	121

Records on 5 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2011

Top 20 records on 5 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2011	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2011	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Ashburton Downs, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Minnie Creek, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Paraburdoo Aero, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Island Park, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Mirrabooka, AU	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Frankland, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	125 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Ardath, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Koonadgin, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Nurnberg-Netzstall, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2011	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	44 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2011. 2011 had 620 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	421
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1