Weather Records on 11 March 1947

234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1947. Highest significance: Husum, DE.

Key Facts for 11 March 1947

On 11 March 1947, 234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 231 daily.
Husum set a daily record snow depth of 56.0 cm (22.0 in) on 11 March 1947.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

234 stations

234 station records on 11 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.9 C (-43.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golden Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

234 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 11 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 11 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1947

Top 20 records on 11 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1947	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Santana Do Ipanema, BR	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Casa Nova, BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1947	Coorabulka, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Edgewater, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Husum, DE	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Malta, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1947	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	12 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

1793 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 234 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 50	177
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1