Weather Records on 11 January 1936

475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1936. Highest significance: Meilman, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1936

On 11 January 1936, 475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 462 daily.
Meilman set an all-time record daily precipitation of 113.3 mm (4.5 in) on 11 January 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

475 stations

475 station records on 11 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chowilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford State Nursery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside (Adelong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

475 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 11 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 11 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1936

Top 20 records on 11 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1936	Meilman, AU	all-time rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1936	Shirala, IN	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1936	Bamberg, DE	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1936	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Little Hartley (Sheepcombe), AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Eugene, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Nymagee (Pyramid), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Carandotta Station, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	152 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Yongala, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Dras, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1936	Chowilla, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	36 years	37 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 475 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	403
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1