Weather Records on 11 January 1953

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1953. Highest significance: Lyndhurst Station, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1953

On 11 January 1953, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 742 daily.
Lyndhurst Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 273.1 mm (10.8 in) on 11 January 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 11 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	273.1 mm (10.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	301.0 cm (118.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 413, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 11 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	413
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 11 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 52, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1953

Top 20 records on 11 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1953	Lyndhurst Station, AU	all-time rain	273.1 mm (10.8 in)	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	14 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1953	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	McBride 4SE, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Rexton, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Lawrence, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1953	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Chilliwack, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Centennial 1NE, US	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Joseph, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Belmont, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1953	Valemount, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	28 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 797 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	638
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1