Weather Records on 11 January 2005

1,539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 2005. Highest significance: Widtsoe 3 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 2005

On 11 January 2005, 1,539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,169 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 1,446 daily.
Widtsoe 3 NNE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 11 January 2005.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

1,539 stations

1,539 station records on 11 January 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Widtsoe 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Uhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,539 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 514, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 655, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 11 January 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	514
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	655
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 11 January 2005 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 88, daily 1,446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,281 broken records

Margins by which the 1,281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 2005

Top 20 records on 11 January 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 2005	Widtsoe 3 NNE, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 January 2005	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Laketown, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Uhta, RU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Frankfort Disposal, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Aspendell, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Aspendell, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 2005	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Lifton Pumping STN, US	all-time snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Millersburg, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	McKeesport, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Braddock Lock 2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Kljuchi, RU	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Hatch, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Weber Basin Pump Plt 3, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 2005	Sidney 1 S, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	48 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 1,539 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 100	1,268
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1