Weather Records on 10 August 2011

1,247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 2011. Highest significance: Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU.

Key Facts for 10 August 2011

On 10 August 2011, 1,247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
798 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 10 August 2011.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,247 stations

1,247 station records on 10 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ostra_Amtervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Persberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gridino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kopparberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Gil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kloten	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torsby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ardtalnaig	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morland 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sattra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Sabino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virolahti Koivuniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,247 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 324, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 474, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	324
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	474
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 79, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

853 broken records

Margins by which the 853 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 2011

Top 20 records on 10 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 2011	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2011	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2011	Bute: Rothesay, GB	all-time rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2011	Inverness, GB	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Penicuik, GB	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde, GB	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Shijiazhuang, CN	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Korf, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Ostra_Amtervik, SE	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Persberg, SE	monthly rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Gridino, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Kopparberg_D, SE	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Lisbon, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Norcatur 3WSW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Sorve, LV	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	San Gil, MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2011	Norwich, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	50 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2011. 2011 had 1,247 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	850
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1