Weather Records on 11 April 1959

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1959. Highest significance: De Aar, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 April 1959

On 11 April 1959, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 575 daily.
De Aar set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 11 April 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 11 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenezer (Weltevrede)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 11 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 11 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1959

Top 20 records on 11 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1959	De Aar, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1959	Munarra, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Gogland, RU	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Groot-Arendskraal, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Buttah, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Eads, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	monthly rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Haswell, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Milan 1NW, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Howard, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Bluff City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	De Smet, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Ebenezer (Weltevrede), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	White Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1959	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	37 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

1800 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 582 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	449
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2