Weather Records on 11 January 1968

1,103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1968. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1968

On 11 January 1968, 1,103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 381 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,074 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 156.7 mm (6.2 in) on 11 January 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,103 stations

1,103 station records on 11 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	370.1 mm (14.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	230.9 mm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	341.6 mm (13.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaree Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	286.8 mm (11.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,103 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 527, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 11 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 11 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 1,074.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

997 broken records

Margins by which the 997 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 940.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1968

Top 20 records on 11 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1968	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Monkerai Upper (Redleaf), AU	monthly rain	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Wynnum Railway Station, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Oxley Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Como, AU	all-time rain	370.1 mm (14.6 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1968	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1968	Rocky Vale, AU	daily rain	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1968	Kandanga Post Office, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1968	Peachester, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1968	Gulargambone (Emby), AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1968	Alderley, AU	monthly rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	56 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 1,103 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 200	990
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1