Weather Records on 15 January 2011

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2011. Highest significance: Mole Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 2011

On 15 January 2011, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 911 daily.
Mole Creek set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 15 January 2011.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 15 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Whitlands (Burder's Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dunorlan (Sharmans Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Archerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barrington Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vermont Transport Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Rose Villa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley (Siding)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek (Somer Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 137.

Records on 15 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	137

Records on 15 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 26, daily 911.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

753 broken records

Margins by which the 753 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 940.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2011

Top 20 records on 15 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2011	Mole Creek, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2011	P-Ranch South Place, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2011	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2011	Bungowannah (Roseleigh), AU	all-time rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2011	Whitlands (Burder's Lane), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Dunorlan (Sharmans Road), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Swan Valley, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Halstad, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Verona, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Black Spur, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Oconaluftee, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Archerton, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Barrington Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Savage, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Mt Carmel, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Vermont Transport Research, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Meander, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Whitfield, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2011	Ross (Rose Villa), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	48 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

1795 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2011. 2011 had 943 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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Data for records on 2011-01-15: 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 2026-10-16 (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	745
200 to 400	7
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1