Weather Records on 11 January 1946

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1946. Highest significance: Eulolo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1946

On 11 January 1946, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 316 daily.
Eulolo Station set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 11 January 1946.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 11 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 11 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 11 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1946

Top 20 records on 11 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1946	Eulolo Station, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Hawthorne, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Netherdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Iguatu, BR	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Cleveland 1, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1946	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Childress 3 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Idomia, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Uccle, BE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Granada Station, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Blue Mountain, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1946	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 325 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	223
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4