Weather Records on 11 October 1936

243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1936. Highest significance: Laurieton (Elouera St), AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1936

On 11 October 1936, 243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 241 daily.
Laurieton (Elouera St) set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 11 October 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

243 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Providence Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

243 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 68.

Records on 11 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1936

Top 20 records on 11 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1936	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Iguape, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	130 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1936	Providence Bay, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Baramati, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Oodnadatta Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Madison, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Beaufort, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Wien, AT	daily low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1936	Sydney, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	22 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 243 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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	172
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1