Weather Records on 11 August 1976

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1976. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 11 August 1976

On 11 August 1976, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 514 daily.
Milan set a daily record precipitation of 74.8 mm (2.9 in) on 11 August 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

529 stations

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

Weather records on 11 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tajga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moberly	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Servico Social de Menores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Rio Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 11 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1976

Top 20 records on 11 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1976	Milan, IT	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1976	Perm, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Lagoa Branca, BR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Palatka, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Macon, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Alice, US	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Tajga, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Houma, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Shelbina, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Waseca, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Gaylord, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1976	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Turkestan, KZ	daily high min	28.4 C (83.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Lecompton, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Bethany, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1976	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 529 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 10	369
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2