Weather Records on 16 November 1916

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1916. Highest significance: Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1916

On 16 November 1916, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 184 daily.
Adelaide (Thorndon Park) set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 16 November 1916.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 16 November 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 16 November 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 184.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1916

Top 20 records on 16 November 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1916	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1916	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1916	Cape Norman, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1916	Kew, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1916	Galway, IE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Cape Norman, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Tumut (Red Hill Station), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Saint John, CA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Hamley Bridge, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Riverton, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1916	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 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

1805 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1916. 1916 had 185 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	162
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1