Weather Records on 17 November 1936

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1936. Highest significance: Orangajuli, IN.

Key Facts for 17 November 1936

On 17 November 1936, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 275 daily.
Orangajuli set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 17 November 1936.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 17 November 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	312.4 mm (12.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 17 November 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 November 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1936

Top 20 records on 17 November 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1936	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1936	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1936	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1936	Ormley, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1936	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1936	Warragul, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Khed, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Paauilo 221, US	monthly rain	312.4 mm (12.3 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Harmati, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Multai, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1936	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 years	26 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 279 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	184
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1