Weather Records on 11 January 2016

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2016. Highest significance: Veliki Dolenci, SI.

Key Facts for 11 January 2016

On 11 January 2016, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 536 daily.
Veliki Dolenci set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 11 January 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 11 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Veliki Dolenci	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marina di Ginosa	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troy L&D	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skwentna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarapoto	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 11 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 11 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2016

Top 20 records on 11 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2016	Veliki Dolenci, SI	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Vojsko, SI	daily rain	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Macau Intl, MO	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Madison, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	120 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Samburg Wr, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Arad, RO	daily high max	15.3 C (59.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Gospic, HR	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Calarasi, RO	daily high max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Gospic, HR	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Szeged, HU	daily high max	14.8 C (58.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Lowville, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari, SI	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2016	Gascon, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	38 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 555 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 2026-10-16 (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 50	450
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1