Weather Records on 11 August 2011

1,106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2011. Highest significance: Dzaore, RU.

Key Facts for 11 August 2011

On 11 August 2011, 1,106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
755 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,013 daily.
Dzaore set an all-time record daily precipitation of 164.4 mm (6.5 in) on 11 August 2011.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,106 stations

1,106 station records on 11 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erica (Parkers Corner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Tyers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goongerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wagersrott	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ganyu	China	Record daily precipitation	175.4 mm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Fresnal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,106 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 319, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 436, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	319
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	436
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 84, daily 1,013.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2011

Top 20 records on 11 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2011	Dzaore, RU	all-time rain	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 August 2011	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Buchan, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Ensay, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	116 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Dargo, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Nowa Nowa, AU	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Buchan South, AU	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Briagolong, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Erica, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2011	Sasabe, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Kennebec, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Bairnsdale Waterworks, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Cabbage Tree Creek, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Wymah (Gwandallen), AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Haskell, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	117 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2011	Stamford 1, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 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

1793 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 1,106 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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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	695
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1