Weather Records on 11 January 2017

1,124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2017. Highest significance: Grizzly, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 2017

On 11 January 2017, 1,124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
479 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,087 daily.
Grizzly set a daily record snow depth of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 11 January 2017.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,124 stations

1,124 station records on 11 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grizzly	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beebyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Battle	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Divide Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cozy Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martinez Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Picabo	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Bread Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,124 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 104, Deepest snow cover 116.

Records on 11 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	104
Deepest snow cover	116

Records on 11 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 28, daily 1,087.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 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 2017

Top 20 records on 11 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2017	Grizzly, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Yerington, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Lovell, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	117 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	112 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	The Dalles, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	111 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2017	Oakley, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Beebyn, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Willow City, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Kennewick, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	117 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Vinton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Newell, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Eau Pleine Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Quincy, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Steele 4N, US	all-time snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Prineville, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	117 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2017	Baise, CN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	50 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2017. 2017 had 1,124 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	789
50 to 100	51
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2