Weather Records on 11 January 1958

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1958. Highest significance: Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 11 January 1958

On 11 January 1958, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 338 daily.
Oranjerivier (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 11 January 1958.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 11 January 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensworth (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grootmodderfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 11 January 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 11 January 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1958

Top 20 records on 11 January 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1958	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1958	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1958	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Danielskuil, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Ravensworth (Hillview), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Caguas, PR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Goedemoed (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Waterval Wes, ZA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Eureka, ZA	monthly rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Grootmodderfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Tevredenheid, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Cyferfontein, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Groot-Arendskraal, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1958	Telpoort, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1958	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	34 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 344 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	250
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1