Weather Records on 11 January 1952

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1952. Highest significance: Moscow U of I, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1952

On 11 January 1952, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 210 daily.
Moscow U of I set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 11 January 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 11 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Aeneas	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-51.1 C (-60.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 11 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 11 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1952

Top 20 records on 11 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Lund, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Wallace, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Conconully, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1952	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Bull Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Stuttgart, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Rifle, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1952	Taua, BR	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	26 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 214 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 200	169
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1