Weather Records on 2 January 2011

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2011. Highest significance: Lewistown 11 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2011

On 2 January 2011, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 828 daily.
Lewistown 11 SSE set a daily record snowfall of 34.0 cm (13.4 in) on 2 January 2011.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 2 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Inverway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 170.

Records on 2 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	170

Records on 2 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2011

Top 20 records on 2 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2011	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Ahuacatlan, MX	all-time low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Inverway, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Weissenfels, DE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Duchesne, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Bad Konigshofen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Mc Laughlin 2SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Center 4SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Myroodah, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Daniel Z Romualdez, PH	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Kirksville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Watertown, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Greenhaven, AU	daily rain	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2011	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	42 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 866 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 200	623
200 to 400	8
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1