Weather Records on 11 January 1986

873 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1986. Highest significance: Crescent City, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1986

On 11 January 1986, 873 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 861 daily.
Crescent City set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 11 January 1986.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

873 stations

873 station records on 11 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moshi	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simbach/Inn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pentagna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Same	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

873 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 341, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 11 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	341
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 11 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1986

Top 20 records on 11 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1986	Crescent City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, BM	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc), BR	daily rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Pactola Dam, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Levendale, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Usina Ester, BR	daily rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Scott City, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Red Oak, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Ipswich, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Wessington Springs, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Parysfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Moshi, TZ	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Russell Springs, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Ashland, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1986	Le Mars, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1986. 1986 had 873 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 100	696
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1