Weather Records on 11 January 1954

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1954. Highest significance: Glenville, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1954

On 11 January 1954, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 517 daily.
Glenville set a daily record snowfall of 19.6 cm (7.7 in) on 11 January 1954.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 11 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 11 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 11 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 208.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1954

Top 20 records on 11 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1954	Glenville, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	New Brunswick Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Hanover, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Weston, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Philadelphia Shawmont, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	all-time low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Charleston 1, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Aruppukottai, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Belleville, CA	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Manamathurai, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1954	Spencer, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	61 years	41 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 526 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	398
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1