Weather Records on 5 January 2021

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2021. Highest significance: Madalya, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 2021

On 5 January 2021, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 354 daily.
Madalya set a daily record precipitation of 76.6 mm (3.0 in) on 5 January 2021.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 5 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Yarrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elk River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Divide Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Horse Shoe Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Turner Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	308.0 mm (12.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kars Springs (Welldun)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkville (Aroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Craigdarroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elands (Black Sands Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jharsuguda	India	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Lynd Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Craigs Pocket Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vioolsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2021

Top 20 records on 5 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2021	Madalya, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	119 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Willow Tree (Yarrabah), AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Elk River, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Eveleigh Station, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Glen Harding, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2021	Doyles Creek (Wood Park), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Divide Peak, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Horse Shoe Bend, AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Mount Turner Station, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Bellenden Ker Bottom STN, AU	daily rain	308.0 mm (12.1 in)	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Upington Agr., ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Meredith, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Caransebes, RO	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2021	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	45 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2021. 2021 had 366 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 2021-01-05: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	326
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2