Weather Records on 11 October 1950

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1950. Highest significance: Sarina Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1950

On 11 October 1950, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 437 daily.
Sarina Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.1 mm (6.4 in) on 11 October 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

450 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 179.

Records on 11 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1950

Top 20 records on 11 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1950	Sarina Post Office, AU	monthly rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1950	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1950	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Vilsandi, EE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Tallinn, EE	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Groton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Toronto, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1950	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1950	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1950	Chelsea, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1950	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1950	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	32 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 450 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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	340
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1