Weather Records on 15 November 1916

127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1916. Highest significance: Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1916

On 15 November 1916, 127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 126 daily.
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island) set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 15 November 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

127 stations

127 station records on 15 November 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Nangeela)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

127 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 15 November 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 November 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1916

Top 20 records on 15 November 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1916	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1916	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Gospic, HR	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Portland, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1916	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 127 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	104
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1