Weather Records on 26 November 1950

1,417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1950. Highest significance: Simcoe, CA.

Key Facts for 26 November 1950

On 26 November 1950, 1,417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 745 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 192 monthly and 1,211 daily.
Simcoe set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 26 November 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,417 stations

1,417 station records on 26 November 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,417 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 311, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 434, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 26 November 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	311
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	434
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 26 November 1950 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 192, daily 1,211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,177 broken records

Margins by which the 1,177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1950

Top 20 records on 26 November 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1950	Simcoe, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1950	Urbana Wrf, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1950	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	monthly snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1950	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1950	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Kenton, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Princeton, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Plymouth, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Alfred, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Waverly, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Newell, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Chapleau 2, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Millinocket, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Pottstown, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1950	Bellows Falls, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	56 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

1838 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1950. 1950 had 1,417 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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	1,135
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2