Weather Records on 11 July 1940

296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1940. Highest significance: Simcoe, CA.

Key Facts for 11 July 1940

On 11 July 1940, 296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 291 daily.
Simcoe set a monthly record low maximum temperature of 12.2 C (54.0 F) on 11 July 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

296 stations

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

Weather records on 11 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yorkton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

296 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 11 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

231 broken records

Margins by which the 231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1940

Top 20 records on 11 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1940	Simcoe, CA	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Chicholi, IN	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Morsi, IN	daily rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Zumbrota, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Lexington, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Yarran, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Arvi, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Lansing, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1940	Avon, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Minsk, BY	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Audubon, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1940	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	8 years	29 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

1813 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1940. 1940 had 296 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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	216
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1