Weather Records on 17 November 1933

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1933. Highest significance: Cobar (Double Gates), AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1933

On 17 November 1933, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 450 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 557 daily.
Cobar (Double Gates) set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 17 November 1933.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 17 November 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 326, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 November 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	326
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 November 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1933

Top 20 records on 17 November 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1933	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1933	The Meadows Tank, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1933	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1933	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Somerset Main Street, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Orono, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Westernport, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Washington, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Parker, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Portland, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1933	Dover, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	26 years	25 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 569 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 20	465
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1