Weather Records on 11 January 2001

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2001. Highest significance: Cdu Katherine Rural Campus, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 2001

On 11 January 2001, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 749 daily.
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus set an all-time record daily precipitation of 250.0 mm (9.8 in) on 11 January 2001.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 11 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Katherine Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keshan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-42.4 C (-44.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Qian Gorlos	China	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shenyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qian Gorlos	China	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oolloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tonghe	China	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inyokern	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-39.9 C (-39.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piru 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Edison Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harbin	China	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shangzhi	China	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Changchun	China	Record low maximum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhangwu	China	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 11 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 11 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 13, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2001

Top 20 records on 11 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2001	Cdu Katherine Rural Campus, AU	all-time rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2001	Ventura, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2001	Katherine Research Farm, AU	all-time rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2001	U C L A, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2001	Sabinal, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	The Pines, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Lovelock, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Seminole, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Alice, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Clovis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Cachuma Lake, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Jasper, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Lake Spaulding, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Bologna, IT	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Big Bear Lake, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Tower 2S, US	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Dilley, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Hayward Rs, US	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2001	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 778 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 50	629
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1