Weather Records on 17 November 1931

966 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1931. Highest significance: Korong Vale (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1931

On 17 November 1931, 966 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 929 daily.
Korong Vale (Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 17 November 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

966 stations

966 station records on 17 November 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

966 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 466, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 17 November 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	466
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 November 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 929.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1931

Top 20 records on 17 November 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1931	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1931	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Laen, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Carisbrook, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Wychitella South, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Winona, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Tullaroop Reservoir, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	McGregor (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Postville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Waverly, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Maryland, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1931	Gredgwin (Barraport North), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	38 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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 966 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	651
10 to 20	127
20 to 30	37
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1