Weather Records on 11 October 1942

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1942. Highest significance: Graman (Willowie), AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1942

On 11 October 1942, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 510 daily.
Graman (Willowie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 11 October 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

537 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ormesby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1942

Top 20 records on 11 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1942	Graman (Willowie), AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1942	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1942	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Taung, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Shirol, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Ufa, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Tevredenheid, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Juandah, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1942	Bokfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 537 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 25	437
25 to 50	43
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1