Weather Records on 9 August 2011

1,177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 2011. Highest significance: Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU.

Key Facts for 9 August 2011

On 9 August 2011, 1,177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
766 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,107 daily.
Mathinna (Fingal Road) set a daily record precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 9 August 2011.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,177 stations

1,177 station records on 9 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Toranginaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterhouse(Barooga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio del Cipres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huayacocotla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,177 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 339, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 427, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	339
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	427
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 64, daily 1,107.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 2011

Top 20 records on 9 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 2011	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Sorve, EE	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Levendale, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2011	Watertown AP, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Bete Bolong (Russells Estate), AU	monthly rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Ft Benning Lawson Fld, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Stuttgart 9 ESE, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Emory, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Burgess Junction, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Kuusamo Toranginaho, FI	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2011	Sanderson, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	109 years	49 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

1798 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2011. 2011 had 1,177 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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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 50	743
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1