Weather Records on 11 May 1919

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1919. Highest significance: Fort National, DZ.

Key Facts for 11 May 1919

On 11 May 1919, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Fort National set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 11 May 1919.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 11 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nocoleche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 11 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1919

Top 20 records on 11 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1919	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Concord, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Goorimpa, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	San Remo, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Portland, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Nocoleche, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Welland, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Leominster, US	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	17 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Culbertson, US	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Sussex, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1919	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	8 years	12 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1919. 1919 had 56 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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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 5	31
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1