Weather Records on 11 March 1928

119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1928. Highest significance: Mc Minnville, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 1928

On 11 March 1928, 119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 115 daily.
Mc Minnville set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 11 March 1928.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

119 stations

119 station records on 11 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

119 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 115.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

99 broken records

Margins by which the 99 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1928

Top 20 records on 11 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1928	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1928	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1928	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1928	Moose Factory, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Newport, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Yarmouth, CA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Moose Factory, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Whitehead, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Cambridge, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Schriever, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Cet Central England, GB	daily low max	1.0 C (33.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1928	Mayville, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	34 years	18 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 119 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 50	94
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2