Weather Records on 16 November 1943

326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1943. Highest significance: Murarrie Road Csiro, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1943

On 16 November 1943, 326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 316 daily.
Murarrie Road Csiro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 16 November 1943.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

326 stations

326 station records on 16 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nudgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

326 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1943

Top 20 records on 16 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1943	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1943	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1943	Svenska Hogarna, SE	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1943	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Nudgee, AU	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Pinkenba, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Zillmere Post Office, AU	monthly rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Morningside, AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Dutton Park, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1943	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	40 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

1805 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1943. 1943 had 326 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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 50	265
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1