Weather Records on 15 November 1950

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1950. Highest significance: Tartu, EE.

Key Facts for 15 November 1950

On 15 November 1950, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 640 daily.
Tartu set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 15 November 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 15 November 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 November 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 November 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1950

Top 20 records on 15 November 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1950	Tartu, EE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1950	Terry Hie Hie, AU	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1950	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Estancia, BR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Ubaira (Areia), BR	daily rain	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Kaanapali AP 453.1, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Highcroft, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Vacaville, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1950	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 649 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	524
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1