Weather Records on 5 January 2014

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2014. Highest significance: Millington 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 5 January 2014

On 5 January 2014, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 732 daily.
Millington 3 SE set a daily record snowfall of 23.4 cm (9.2 in) on 5 January 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 5 January 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 201, Deepest snow cover 75.

Records on 5 January 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	201
Deepest snow cover	75

Records on 5 January 2014 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 732.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 269.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2014

Top 20 records on 5 January 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2014	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	108 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Palestine, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	111 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Hoopeston, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Ft Wayne Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Whitestown, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2014	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Ponca City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	monthly snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	S Bend AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Rantoul, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Frankfort Disposal, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Laporte, US	daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2014	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	52 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2014. 2014 had 746 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 50	530
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2