Weather Records on 11 December 2011

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2011. Highest significance: King Salmon, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 2011

On 11 December 2011, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 408 daily.
King Salmon set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 11 December 2011.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 11 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
King Salmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.8 cm (20.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Indio 7ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Sandia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Waverley (Golf Course)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Telmo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kunming	China	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noonbah (Yammacoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 11 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 11 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 261.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 2011

Top 20 records on 11 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2011	King Salmon, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2011	Kelly Rch, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2011	Skwentna, US	daily snowfall	52.8 cm (20.8 in)	26.1 cm (10.3 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Aparri, PH	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Pasamonte, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Gatton Vale, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	El Indio 7ESE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Fowlerton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Vero Beach 4SE, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Rio Grande City, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Presa Guadalupe, MX	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Oaklands General Store, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	121 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Indian Pass, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2011	Dandenong, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 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

1796 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 416 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 50	335
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1