Weather Records on 11 January 1955

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1955. Highest significance: Manarra, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1955

On 11 January 1955, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 211 daily.
Manarra set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 11 January 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 11 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sequim	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maasbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulji Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 11 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 11 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1955

Top 20 records on 11 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1955	Manarra, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Irwin 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Sequim, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1955	Gurley (Glenroy), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Cornelia, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	Maasbult, ZA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1955	New Canton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	140
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1