Weather Records on 11 April 1928

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1928. Highest significance: Orlando Executive AP, US.

Key Facts for 11 April 1928

On 11 April 1928, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 216 daily.
Orlando Executive AP set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 11 April 1928.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

220 stations

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

Weather records on 11 April 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 April 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 April 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1928

Top 20 records on 11 April 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1928	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Plant City, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1928	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Eulo Post Office, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1928	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	24 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1928. 1928 had 220 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 25	166
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1