Weather Records on 1 January 2011

1,498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 2011. Highest significance: Mellette 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 2011

On 1 January 2011, 1,498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
408 were record highs and 593 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,416 daily.
Mellette 4 W set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 1 January 2011.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,498 stations

1,498 station records on 1 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Thief Rvr Falls 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree 15 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Solway Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bevill L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,498 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 316, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 277, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 212.

Records on 1 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	316
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	277
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	212

Records on 1 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 78, daily 1,416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,198 broken records

Margins by which the 1,198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 2011

Top 20 records on 1 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 2011	Mellette 4 W, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	113 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2011	Thief Rvr Falls 2, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2011	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2011	Reform, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 2011	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Redfield, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Red Lake Falls, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Phila 1 WSW, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Selby, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Stephan 2 NW, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Oak City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Gordon 6N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Ft Lewis, US	daily snowfall	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Addison, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 2011	Canby, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	51 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

1798 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2011. 2011 had 1,498 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	810
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	590
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	849

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,140
100 to 200	47
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1