Weather Records on 11 August 2023

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2023. Highest significance: Ijsselsteyn (L), NL.

Key Facts for 11 August 2023

On 11 August 2023, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
572 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 704 daily.
Ijsselsteyn (L) set a daily record precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 11 August 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 11 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Preobrazenka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chichi Jima Bonin Is	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venray	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saniat Rmel	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woold	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hinatuan	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 333, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 11 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	333
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 37, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2023

Top 20 records on 11 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2023	Ijsselsteyn (L), NL	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2023	Izium, UA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2023	Preobrazenka, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Winfield 2 SW, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Sumy, UA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Luling, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Mt Hebron Rs, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Chichi Jima Bonin Is, JP	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Venray, NL	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Columbia, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Someren, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Oujda, MA	daily high min	24.8 C (76.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Alejskaja, RU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Knoxville Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Saniat Rmel, MA	daily high max	41.6 C (106.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	daily high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Ft Pierce, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	123 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2023	Crescent Lake Nwr, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	43 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2023. 2023 had 757 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 2026-10-17 (17 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	506
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1