Weather Records on 11 August 1994

1,173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1994. Highest significance: Cape Leeuwin, AU.

Key Facts for 11 August 1994

On 11 August 1994, 1,173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 453 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,100 daily.
Cape Leeuwin set an all-time record daily precipitation of 174.0 mm (6.9 in) on 11 August 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,173 stations

1,173 station records on 11 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tardun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Satrovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artemovsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	48.3 C (118.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Rushmore Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,173 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 325, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 280.

Records on 11 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	325
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 60, daily 1,100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1994

Top 20 records on 11 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1994	Cape Leeuwin, AU	all-time rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	77 years	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 August 1994	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 August 1994	Boulder, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Waterdale, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Barnong, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Menzies, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Woolgorong, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Szombathely, HU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1994	Ninghan Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Tallering, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Troitsk, RU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Novgorod, RU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Minnesota City Dam 5, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Genoa Dam 8, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Clontarf Farm, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1994	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	83 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

1793 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 1,173 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	824
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1