Weather Records on 5 January 2025

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2025. Highest significance: Bolsoy Santar, RU.

Key Facts for 5 January 2025

On 5 January 2025, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 588 daily.
Bolsoy Santar set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 5 January 2025.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

607 stations

607 station records on 5 January 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Troy 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
High Mowthorpe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.5 cm (24.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woold	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siebengewald	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham: Watnall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alta Vista	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Venlo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 5 January 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 5 January 2025 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 294.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2025

Top 20 records on 5 January 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2025	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Beloit, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Kerki, TM	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Topeka ASOS, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Troy 3N, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Lawrence, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Louisville Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2025	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Camden, US	daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	29.4 cm (11.6 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Knobs 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Durham, GB	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Holton, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Herington, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Sirte, LY	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	High Mowthorpe, GB	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Geneseo, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Ciudad Victoria, MX	monthly high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Marion Rsvr, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2025	Boonville 4 SSW, US	daily snowfall	61.5 cm (24.2 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	37 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2025. 2025 had 607 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	462
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1