Weather Records on 11 April 1985

952 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1985. Highest significance: Karlstad, SE.

Key Facts for 11 April 1985

On 11 April 1985, 952 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
426 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 919 daily.
Karlstad set a daily record snow depth of 36.1 cm (14.2 in) on 11 April 1985.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

952 stations

952 station records on 11 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sarlyk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chaam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	232.9 mm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belem de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varadouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matilde (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

952 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 919.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 271.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1985

Top 20 records on 11 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1985	Karlstad, SE	daily snow depth	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	27.1 cm (10.7 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1985	Cuero, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 April 1985	Sarlyk, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Falls City 7 WSW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Tilden 4 SSE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Alice, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Robstown, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Chaam, NL	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Vestmannaeyjar, IS	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Sinton, US	daily rain	232.9 mm (9.2 in)	201.1 mm (7.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Floresville, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Sao Jose Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Philippine, NL	monthly rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Bradford, GB	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Karlstad, SE	daily low min	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1985	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	76 years	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1985. 1985 had 952 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 50	774
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1