Weather Records on 11 August 1959

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1959. Highest significance: Goldberg, DE.

Key Facts for 11 August 1959

On 11 August 1959, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 331 daily.
Goldberg set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 11 August 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

337 stations

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

Weather records on 11 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khargram	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Telkwa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 11 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1959

Top 20 records on 11 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1959	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1959	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Chinle, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Khargram, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Sandsprings, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Keene, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Dhamangaon, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Los Gatos, US	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Araci, BR	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Penugonda, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1959	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1959	Chelsea, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1959	Springview 2NW, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1959	Patur, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 337 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	249
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2