Weather Records on 11 April 1979

977 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1979. Highest significance: Versailles, US.

Key Facts for 11 April 1979

On 11 April 1979, 977 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 951 daily.
Versailles set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 11 April 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

977 stations

977 station records on 11 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auxvasse 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hulah Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenview NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

977 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 11 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 11 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

840 broken records

Margins by which the 840 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 863.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1979

Top 20 records on 11 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1979	Versailles, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1979	Waynesville 2 W, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1979	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Fessenden, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Voronez, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Anna, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Arcade, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Wagoner, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Carlinville, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Martinsburg, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Wood, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Mbulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Climax, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Upton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Hamilton, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1979	Auxvasse 4 SSW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1979. 1979 had 977 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 200	831
200 to 400	8
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1