Weather Records on 11 April 1926

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1926. Highest significance: Maffra Shire Hall, AU.

Key Facts for 11 April 1926

On 11 April 1926, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 197 daily.
Maffra Shire Hall set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 11 April 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 11 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seacombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 100.

Records on 11 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1926

Top 20 records on 11 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1926	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1926	Schriever, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1926	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1926	Goorambat, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1926	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Seacombe, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Wollun, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Chatham, CA	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Newry, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Garden City, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Sale, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1926	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	50 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

1800 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1926. 1926 had 198 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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 20	160
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1