Weather Records on 7 April 2011

1,187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 2011. Highest significance: Valdez WSO, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 2011

On 7 April 2011, 1,187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
665 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,149 daily.
Valdez WSO set a daily record snowfall of 69.3 cm (27.3 in) on 7 April 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,187 stations

1,187 station records on 7 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	69.3 cm (27.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
McDermitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Monastery	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	170.2 cm (67.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond Trail	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,187 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 423, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 7 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	423
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 7 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 1,149.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

974 broken records

Margins by which the 974 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 566.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 2011

Top 20 records on 7 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 2011	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	69.3 cm (27.3 in)	56.6 cm (22.3 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2011	Skwentna, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2011	Bulken, NO	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2011	McDermitt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	118 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2011	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2011	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Skwentna, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	McGrath AP, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	A Coruna, ES	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Frontera Hidalgo, MX	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Waikiki 717.2, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Bondurant, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	131 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	118 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2011	El Rito, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	47 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2011. 2011 had 1,187 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	958
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1