Weather Records on 11 January 1975

2,114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1975. Highest significance: Sibley, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1975

On 11 January 1975, 2,114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,041 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 2,033 daily.
Sibley set a monthly record daily snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 11 January 1975.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 11 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln College View	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,114 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 661, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 380, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 755, Heaviest daily snowfall 182, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 11 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	661
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	380
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	755
Heaviest daily snowfall	182
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 11 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 75, daily 2,033.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,885 broken records

Margins by which the 1,885 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1975

Top 20 records on 11 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1975	Sibley, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	79 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Lake Park 3SSE, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	St Peter, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Gull Lake Dam, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Pickle Lake (Aut), CA	monthly snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Algona, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Elk Rvr, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1975	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1975	Milaca, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1975	Clarinda, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1975	Denison, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 2,114 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	1,779
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1