Weather Records on 17 November 1929

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1929. Highest significance: Pallamallawa 2, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1929

On 17 November 1929, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 221 daily.
Pallamallawa 2 set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 17 November 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 17 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ledknapper Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1929

Top 20 records on 17 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1929	Pallamallawa 2, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1929	Vilnius, LT	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1929	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1929	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1929	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1929	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Narridy Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Canberra (Duntroon Military Co, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Edeowie, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Dirranbandi High School, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1929	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	27 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 224 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 November 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	142
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2