Weather Records on 12 November 1929

203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1929. Highest significance: Goodwater, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 1929

On 12 November 1929, 203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 196 daily.
Goodwater set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 12 November 1929.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

203 stations

203 station records on 12 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

203 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1929

Top 20 records on 12 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1929	Goodwater, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Greensboro, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Coulta, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Clanton, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Wetumpka, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Elliston, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Melville, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Abbeville, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1929	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	W Pt, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Jennings, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Beatrice, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1929	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	21 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

1802 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 203 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	147
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1