Weather Records on 19 August 2011

975 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 2011. Highest significance: Orebro, SE.

Key Facts for 19 August 2011

On 19 August 2011, 975 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
602 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 942 daily.
Orebro set a daily record precipitation of 65.6 mm (2.6 in) on 19 August 2011.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

975 stations

975 station records on 19 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tjallmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Regna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
On	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snavlunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gnesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Gil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guanajal	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gustorp_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mariestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vrena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pattonsburg 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soderkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fagre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katrineholm_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

975 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 351, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 19 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	351
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

713 broken records

Margins by which the 713 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 2011

Top 20 records on 19 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 2011	Orebro, SE	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 August 2011	Kihnu, EE	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2011	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2011	Hult, SE	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Tjallmo, SE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Ada, SE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Finspang, SE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	113 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Oakland, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Voronez, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Hyndevad, SE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Algaras, SE	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Koping, SE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Regna_D, SE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Eskilstuna, SE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	On, SE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2011	Bedford, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	106 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

1797 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2011. 2011 had 975 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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Data for records on 2011-08-19: 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 2026-10-16 (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 10	621
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2