Weather Records on 12 January 2011

1,714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 2011. Highest significance: Jeparit, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 2011

On 12 January 2011, 1,714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 90 monthly and 1,604 daily.
Jeparit set an all-time record daily precipitation of 161.2 mm (6.3 in) on 12 January 2011.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

1,714 stations

1,714 station records on 12 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Verona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Brockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mildura Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	59.2 cm (23.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tottington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,714 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 862, Heaviest daily snowfall 288, Deepest snow cover 220.

Records on 12 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	862
Heaviest daily snowfall	288
Deepest snow cover	220

Records on 12 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 90, daily 1,604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,463 broken records

Margins by which the 1,463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 2011

Top 20 records on 12 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 2011	Jeparit, AU	all-time rain	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	157.1 mm (6.2 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Newstead, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 January 2011	Dergholm (Hillgrove), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	125 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Clunes, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Walpa (Danyo), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Longerenong, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	147 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Joyces Creek, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Beulah, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea)), AU	all-time rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Moulamein Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 January 2011	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	69 of 100 (Major)

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 1,714 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 January 2011
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,355
100 to 200	88
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1