Weather Records on 16 November 1948

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1948. Highest significance: Green Bay, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 1948

On 16 November 1948, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 342 daily.
Green Bay set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 16 November 1948.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 16 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jenna Pullin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1948

Top 20 records on 16 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1948	Green Bay, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Lake Muir, AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Jenna Pullin, AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Marshall, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Appleton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1948	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Margaret River 1, AU	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	McCall, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Livingston, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Fanny Cove, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Tirunelveli, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1948	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 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

1805 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 351 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 20	276
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1