Weather Records on 11 January 2018

1,027 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2018. Highest significance: Newport, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 2018

On 11 January 2018, 1,027 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,016 daily.
Newport set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 11 January 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,027 stations

1,027 station records on 11 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu	France	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dworshak Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,027 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 396, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 11 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	396
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 11 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 1,016.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2018

Top 20 records on 11 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2018	Newport, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu, FR	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	127 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Dworshak Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Hallock, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	124 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Christchurch Intl, NZ	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Casey, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	119 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Charlevoix, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Marysville, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Chief Joseph Dam, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Caledonia, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	121 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Wajima, JP	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Tuscola, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Hopkinsville, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Greenville Wtp, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	121 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2018	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	103 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2018. 2018 had 1,027 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	810
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2