Weather Records on 11 April 1950

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1950. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 11 April 1950

On 11 April 1950, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 316 daily.
Quatsino set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 11 April 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 11 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vananda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savary Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 11 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 11 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1950

Top 20 records on 11 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1950	Quatsino, CA	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1950	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1950	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1950	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Parksville, CA	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Vananda, CA	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Juandah, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Port Alberni, CA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Denman Island, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1950	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1950	Avington, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	33 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

1800 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1950. 1950 had 322 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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	260
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1