Weather Records on 11 May 1942

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1942. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 11 May 1942

On 11 May 1942, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 370 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 62.8 mm (2.5 in) on 11 May 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 11 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tamarack	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 11 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1942

Top 20 records on 11 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1942	Genoa, IT	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 May 1942	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Porthill, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Kustanai, KZ	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Lundbreck, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Tiger Creek Ph, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Green Bay, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Electra P H, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Tamarack, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	York, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Greenfield, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Armagh, GB	daily low max	8.7 C (47.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Chinook, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1942	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	36 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

1814 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1942. 1942 had 389 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	296
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1