Weather Records on 11 January 1951

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1951. Highest significance: Hankey (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 11 January 1951

On 11 January 1951, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 287 daily.
Hankey (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.4 mm (4.2 in) on 11 January 1951.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 11 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.4 mm (17.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	396.2 mm (15.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	296.4 mm (11.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parnass Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	412.2 mm (16.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.5 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.4 mm (17.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	391.4 mm (15.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.5 mm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	369.6 mm (14.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 11 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 11 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 31, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 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

11 January 1951

Top 20 records on 11 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1951	Hankey (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	George Airport, ZA	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Great Brak River, ZA	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1951	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	all-time rain	438.4 mm (17.3 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Woodville (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Homestead, AU	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	396.2 mm (15.6 in)	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Loerie (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	296.4 mm (11.7 in)	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Buffelsklip, ZA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Millwood (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1951	Oudtshoorn, ZA	all-time rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	39 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

1794 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 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 50	251
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3