Weather Records on 16 November 1926

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1926. Highest significance: Frederick Police Brks, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 1926

On 16 November 1926, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 350 daily.
Frederick Police Brks set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 16 November 1926.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 16 November 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saegerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 16 November 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1926

Top 20 records on 16 November 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1926	Frederick Police Brks, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Glenville, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	College Park, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Cortland, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Towanda 1 S, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Quakertown, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Ringtown, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Milan, IT	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	159 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Lost Creek Near, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Warren, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1926	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 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

1805 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1926. 1926 had 376 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 10	246
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2