Weather Records on 17 November 1944

339 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1944. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 17 November 1944

On 17 November 1944, 339 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 330 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.2 mm (1.6 in) on 17 November 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

339 stations

339 station records on 17 November 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

339 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 17 November 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 17 November 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1944

Top 20 records on 17 November 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1944	Putten (Gld), NL	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Boyanup, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Woodperry, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1944	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Heerde, NL	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Sao Jose Do Belmonte, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Brunswick Junction, AU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Cloudcroft, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1944	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	66 years	28 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 339 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 50	283
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1