Weather Records on 11 January 1989

836 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1989. Highest significance: Kilauea 1134, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1989

On 11 January 1989, 836 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 805 daily.
Kilauea 1134 set a daily record precipitation of 194.8 mm (7.7 in) on 11 January 1989.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

836 stations

836 station records on 11 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grenora	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piquerobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oklee	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

836 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 317, Heaviest daily snowfall 96, Deepest snow cover 120.

Records on 11 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	96
Deepest snow cover	120

Records on 11 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 25, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1989

Top 20 records on 11 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1989	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	146.5 mm (5.8 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1989	Willow City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1989	Warragul, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1989	Mc Leod 3 E, US	all-time snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Ph Wainiha 1115, US	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	153.1 mm (6.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Fana - Stend, NO	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Poplar 2 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Silvan, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Crosby, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Piacabucu, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Rangely 1E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Grenora, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Puntilla, US	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1989	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	40 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 836 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	614
100 to 200	32
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1