Weather Records on 17 November 1947

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1947. Highest significance: Antenor Navarro, BR.

Key Facts for 17 November 1947

On 17 November 1947, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 346 daily.
Antenor Navarro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 17 November 1947.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 17 November 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairieview	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 17 November 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 17 November 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1947

Top 20 records on 17 November 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1947	Antenor Navarro, BR	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1947	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Pombal, BR	monthly rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Umari, BR	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Maquoketa, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Luis Gomes, BR	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1947	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs), BR	monthly rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Vicosa Do Ceara, BR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Hoburg, SE	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1947	Storlien, SE	daily low max	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	41 years	30 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 352 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 100	278
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1