Weather Records on 11 January 1981

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1981. Highest significance: Low Isles Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1981

On 11 January 1981, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 411 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 938 daily.
Low Isles Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 254.4 mm (10.0 in) on 11 January 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 11 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.4 mm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.4 mm (9.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madre de Deus de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poco Fundo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trois Pistoles	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.2 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Shand Dam	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.0 C (-38.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.8 mm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penn Yan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.4 mm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 296, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 11 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	296
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 11 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 938.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1981

Top 20 records on 11 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1981	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	254.4 mm (10.0 in)	135.5 mm (5.3 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1981	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	250.4 mm (9.9 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1981	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Ft Ross, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Tecolutla, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Madre de Deus de Minas, BR	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Normandin Cda, CA	daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Poco Fundo, BR	daily rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Durham, CA	daily low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Canton, MX	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily low max	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low min	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Trois Pistoles, CA	daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	17.4 cm (6.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Hope Vale, AU	daily rain	178.2 mm (7.0 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1981	Taunton, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	38 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 959 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	1,467
2014	685
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	722
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	3