Weather Records on 11 December 1943

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1943. Highest significance: Kareekloof, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 December 1943

On 11 December 1943, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 187 daily.
Kareekloof set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 11 December 1943.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 11 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirami	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 11 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 11 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

162 broken records

Margins by which the 162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1943

Top 20 records on 11 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1943	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Elsinore, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Corona, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Redlands, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Roodekop, ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1943	Sandbaken, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1943	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	27 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

1796 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 196 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 20	129
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1