Weather Records on 11 January 2015

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2015. Highest significance: Lilydale, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 2015

On 11 January 2015, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 519 daily.
Lilydale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 11 January 2015.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 11 January 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton (Leeward)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moundou	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Lower (Araluen Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brooman (Carisbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Byrdalyk	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Audley (Royal National Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tengchong	China	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincang	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Kiriwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yushu	China	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 11 January 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 11 January 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2015

Top 20 records on 11 January 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2015	Lilydale, AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 January 2015	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	133 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2015	Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	124 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Ivanhoe (Baden Park), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	118 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Yarrangobilly Caves, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Roundup, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Whyalla (Mullaquana), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Riverton (Leeward), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Mora Camp, PR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Galga, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Snowball, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Marshall, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Lake Margaret Power Station, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Hamilton, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2015	Strelley, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	43 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 533 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 January 2015
Margin	Records
0 to 100	475
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1