Weather Records on 7 October 2011

1,216 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2011. Highest significance: Goldbutte 7 N, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 2011

On 7 October 2011, 1,216 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
443 were record highs and 446 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,148 daily.
Goldbutte 7 N set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 October 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,216 stations

1,216 station records on 7 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pucte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greybull	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 16SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Peak Reservoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,216 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 362, Highest daily minimum 257, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 7 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	362
Highest daily minimum	257
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 7 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 67, daily 1,148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

957 broken records

Margins by which the 957 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2011

Top 20 records on 7 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2011	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Worland, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Basin, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Sheridan Fld STN, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Pucte, MX	monthly rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Vardoe, NO	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Rairden 2WSW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Bigfork 13 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Hinsdale 4 SW, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Butte 5SE, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2011	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Arco, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Hoxie, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Ft Pierre 17 WSW, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Burgess Junction, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	El Vado Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Greybull, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Busby, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2011	Melstone, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	74 years	52 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

1802 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 1,216 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 20	895
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2