Weather Records on 2 November 1950

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1950. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 2 November 1950

On 2 November 1950, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
478 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 124 monthly and 501 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 2 November 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

625 stations

625 station records on 2 November 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franz	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 2 November 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 November 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 124, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1950

Top 20 records on 2 November 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1950	Helmond, NL	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Muenster, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Ramnagaram, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Barrie, CA	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Trenton 2, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Onda, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Point Pleasant, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Paterson, US	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Detroit, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1950	Roermond, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Lowell, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Bom Jesus da Lapa, BR	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Storrs, US	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Elmira, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Philadelphia City, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1950	Greenfield Ctr, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	32 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1950. 1950 had 625 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	453
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1