Weather Records on 11 August 1955

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1955. Highest significance: Pisangan, IN.

Key Facts for 11 August 1955

On 11 August 1955, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 317 daily.
Pisangan set a daily record precipitation of 161.3 mm (6.4 in) on 11 August 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

319 stations

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

Weather records on 11 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goela	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carr Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 11 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 317.

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 August 1955

Top 20 records on 11 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1955	Pisangan, IN	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Ajmer, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Franklin, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Musquash, CA	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Merta City, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Irwin, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Greenville 2 NE, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Kassler, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Saint John, CA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Albany, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Burnet, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Bennington 2 NNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1955	Goela, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	35 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 319 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	220
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2