Weather Records on 11 April 1942

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1942. Highest significance: Barabazar, IN.

Key Facts for 11 April 1942

On 11 April 1942, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 300 daily.
Barabazar set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 11 April 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 11 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1942

Top 20 records on 11 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1942	Barabazar, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Wallowa, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Princesa Isabel, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1942	Salur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Pombal, BR	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Brockville, CA	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Macdonald College, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Buxa, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1942	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4 years	25 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 301 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 April 1942
Margin	Records
0 to 20	186
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2