Weather Records on 11 May 1912

21 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1912. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 11 May 1912

On 11 May 1912, 21 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 20 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 11 May 1912.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

21 stations

21 station records on 11 May 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

21 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 8.

Records on 11 May 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 May 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 20.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

19 broken records

Margins by which the 19 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1912

Top 20 records on 11 May 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1912	Lawrence, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1912	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Oxford, GB	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Orebro, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Uccle, BE	daily high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	5 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	14 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	5 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Halden, NO	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	17 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Halifax, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	3 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	5 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1912	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high min (Tie)	12.2 C (54.0 F)	tie	24 years	2 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

1814 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1912. 1912 had 21 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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Data for records on 1912-05-11: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 May 1912
Margin	Records
0 to 10	17
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1