Weather Records on 5 January 2023

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 2023. Highest significance: Iffley Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 January 2023

On 5 January 2023, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 671 daily.
Iffley Station set a daily record precipitation of 179.0 mm (7.0 in) on 5 January 2023.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

683 stations

683 station records on 5 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nita Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Smith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salina 24 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghur (the Junction)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Farm 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delano	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prompton Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camiri	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 5 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 5 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 2023

Top 20 records on 5 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 2023	Iffley Station, AU	daily rain	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2023	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2023	Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 January 2023	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Winner, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	The Dalles, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Nita Downs, AU	daily rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Broome Airport, AU	daily rain	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Munising, US	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Numinbah State Farm, AU	daily rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Steuben, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Port Smith, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Kilto Station, AU	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Robinson, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Salina 24 E, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Dannemora, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 2023	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	112 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 683 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	533
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2