Weather Records on 11 July 1955

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1955. Highest significance: Mount Gambier Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 July 1955

On 11 July 1955, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 335 daily.
Mount Gambier Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 11 July 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 11 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 11 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1955

Top 20 records on 11 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1955	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1955	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Bird Island, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Park Rch, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Orogrande, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Glen Boree, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Brockton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Seven Persons, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Barud(Warud), IN	all-time rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Kiev, UA	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1955	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	39 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

1813 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1955. 1955 had 343 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	217
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1