Weather Records on 10 January 1986

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1986. Highest significance: Federal Pt, US.

Key Facts for 10 January 1986

On 10 January 1986, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 785 daily.
Federal Pt set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 10 January 1986.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 10 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyngor Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 10 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 10 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 21, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1986

Top 20 records on 10 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1986	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1986	Towera, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1986	Seward AP, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1986	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Clermont 9 S, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Titusville, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Sanford, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1986	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	8 years	46 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

1799 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1986. 1986 had 815 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 January 1986
Margin	Records
0 to 100	631
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1