Weather Records on 11 March 1940

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1940. Highest significance: Kanuparthi, IN.

Key Facts for 11 March 1940

On 11 March 1940, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 399 daily.
Kanuparthi set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 11 March 1940.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 11 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rambha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 11 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 11 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1940

Top 20 records on 11 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1940	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Tiruttani, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Sholavandan, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Tada, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Sikar, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Rambha, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Tangi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Russelkonda, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Hattin, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Levan, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Satyavedu, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Fillmore, US	all-time rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Armagh, GB	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Surada, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Duchesne, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1940	Kendrapara, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1940	Kanas, IN	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 417 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 100	353
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1