Weather Records on 17 November 1945

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1945. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1945

On 17 November 1945, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 341 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 17 November 1945.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 17 November 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Unley (Reed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golden Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uri	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 November 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 November 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1945

Top 20 records on 17 November 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1945	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1945	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Meningie, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Normanville, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Mount Lofty Summit, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Gooram Gong, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Stirling, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Karnah, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Tailem Bend, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1945	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	34 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 345 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	243
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1