Weather Records on 11 January 1959

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1959. Highest significance: Newry, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1959

On 11 January 1959, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 435 daily.
Newry set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 11 January 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 11 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 11 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 11 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1959

Top 20 records on 11 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1959	Newry, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Vlakplaats, ZA	daily rain	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Concordia, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Glen Innes Gasworks, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Croppa Creek (Krui Plains), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1959	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 439 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	319
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1