Weather Records on 11 May 1976

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1976. Highest significance: Stuttgart-Stadt, DE.

Key Facts for 11 May 1976

On 11 May 1976, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 502 daily.
Stuttgart-Stadt set a daily record precipitation of 45.3 mm (1.8 in) on 11 May 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 11 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pikes Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	159.0 cm (62.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daymar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dungorm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aughamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elrod	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 11 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 11 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1976

Top 20 records on 11 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1976	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Pikes Creek, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Hollenstein (Kraftwerk), DE	daily rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Coolesha, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Rumbulara Vineyards, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Putbus, DE	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily snow depth	159.0 cm (62.6 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Meedo, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Putbus, DE	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1976	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	65 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

1814 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1976. 1976 had 509 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 May 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 100	451
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1