Weather Records on 11 May 1992

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1992. Highest significance: Dagworth Station, AU.

Key Facts for 11 May 1992

On 11 May 1992, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 711 daily.
Dagworth Station set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 11 May 1992.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 11 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isabella 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cacequi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinalung (Munka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kara-Tjurek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Moolooloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lerma	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Naranjo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grizedale	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Madero (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melilla	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 711.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1992

Top 20 records on 11 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1992	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 May 1992	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 May 1992	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Ambo Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Minyip (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Malboona, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Windom, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Isabella 1 W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Woomera Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Port Augusta Power Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Chatsworth, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Ticuman, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Victory Downs, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Blinman (Narrina), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1992	Burdett 3S, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1992. 1992 had 728 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	495
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3