Weather Records on 11 January 1990

1,459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1990. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Kars), AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1990

On 11 January 1990, 1,459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,127 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,384 daily.
Broken Hill (Kars) set a daily record precipitation of 33.4 mm (1.3 in) on 11 January 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

1,459 stations

1,459 station records on 11 January 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Torrens Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Carwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE (Keilira Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn (Alpyn Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,459 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 680, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 447, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 11 January 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	680
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	447
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 11 January 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 74, daily 1,384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,179 broken records

Margins by which the 1,179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1990

Top 20 records on 11 January 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1990	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Adelaide (Torrens Island), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Quambone (Carwell), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Kingston SE (Keilira Station), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Worland, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Willow City, US	monthly high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Cooper Lake Project, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Red Cloud, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Mount Burr Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Alton 1 W, US	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	W Pt, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Sebeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Rock Rapids, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1990	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	39 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 1,459 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 20	1,146
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1