Weather Records on 11 April 1936

175 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1936. Highest significance: Lady Grey (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 11 April 1936

On 11 April 1936, 175 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 170 daily.
Lady Grey (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 11 April 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

175 stations

175 station records on 11 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

175 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 11 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1936

Top 20 records on 11 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1936	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1936	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1936	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Glacier, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Glacier, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Verhojansk, RU	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Caguas, PR	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Dunvegan, CA	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1936	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	42 years	19 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1936. 1936 had 175 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 10	119
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1