Weather Records on 11 January 2006

1,096 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2006. Highest significance: Billabalong, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 2006

On 11 January 2006, 1,096 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 1,075 daily.
Billabalong set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 11 January 2006.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,096 stations

1,096 station records on 11 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paraburdoo Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Masvingo	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ugut	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-45.7 C (-50.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Padbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Forks Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,096 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 423, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 11 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	423
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 11 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 1,075.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2006

Top 20 records on 11 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2006	Billabalong, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2006	Ashburton Downs, AU	all-time rain	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2006	Howard 2SE, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2006	Cossack, AU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Cedar Vale 5SSE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Judal Station, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Hamersley, AU	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Longton, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Hillview, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Edina, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Le Roy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Mount Augustus, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2006	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	45 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 1,096 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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Data for records on 2006-01-11: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	827
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1