Weather Records on 11 August 2026

765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2026. Highest significance: Ruhnu, LV.

Key Facts for 11 August 2026

On 11 August 2026, 765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 725 daily.
Ruhnu set a daily record precipitation of 70.5 mm (2.8 in) on 11 August 2026.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

765 stations

765 station records on 11 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	519.5 mm (20.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yakataga AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barshatas	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Agricultural Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pike Island(Lock & Dam)	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Semijarka	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Angullong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

765 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 11 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2026

Top 20 records on 11 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2026	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Nagasaki, JP	monthly rain	519.5 mm (20.5 in)	267.5 mm (10.5 in)	69 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	107 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Tooma, EE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Tadotsu, JP	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Charleston - Yeager AP, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Rezekne, LV	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Niigata, JP	daily rain	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Hamada, JP	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2026	Tajima, JP	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Suwa, JP	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Giffard, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	New Lexington 2 NW, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	121 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Wallace, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2026	Van Reenen, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2026. 2026 had 765 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	560
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1