Weather Records on 11 August 2008

945 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2008. Highest significance: Nashua 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 2008

On 11 August 2008, 945 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 402 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 876 daily.
Nashua 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 11 August 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

945 stations

945 station records on 11 August 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Parks 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Palmar de Bravo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Tlaixpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maynard 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

945 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 252, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 275.

Records on 11 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	252
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 64, daily 876.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2008

Top 20 records on 11 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2008	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	106 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	74 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Grafton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Parks 6 ENE, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	W Monroe, US	all-time rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	1 year	67 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Calvin, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Jasper, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Palmar de Bravo, MX	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Waldron, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2008	Takle, NO	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Canakkale, TR	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Frontera Hidalgo, MX	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Tahoka, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Warren 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Seminole, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Weatherford, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2008	Moorhead, US	monthly low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	53 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

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 945 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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Data for records on 2008-08-11: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	615
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1