Weather Records on 11 August 1945

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1945. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 11 August 1945

On 11 August 1945, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 396 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 11 August 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

401 stations

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

Weather records on 11 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 11 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1945

Top 20 records on 11 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1945	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Poona, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Dhond, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	New Burnside, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Sirur, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Rahuri, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Le Roy, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Minsk, BY	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Nandgaon, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1945	Hatfield, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	38 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 401 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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).