Weather Records on 11 March 1945

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1945. Highest significance: Richmond Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 March 1945

On 11 March 1945, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 255 daily.
Richmond Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 11 March 1945.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 11 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Consentes Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auckland Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1945

Top 20 records on 11 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1945	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Yalta, UA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Ft Smith, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Gilliat Post Office, AU	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Biesjesfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1945	Wando Vale Station, AU	all-time rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Consentes Station, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Chickasha, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Frederick, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Auckland Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Holmleigh, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Apache, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1945	Moselle Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	26 years	26 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 262 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	217
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1