Weather Records on 30 November 1950

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 1950. Highest significance: Kapokhoek, ZA.

Key Facts for 30 November 1950

On 30 November 1950, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 366 daily.
Kapokhoek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 30 November 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 30 November 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Erehwon 328	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 30 November 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 30 November 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 November 1950

Top 20 records on 30 November 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 1950	Kapokhoek, ZA	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1950	Bokfontein, ZA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Kula Erehwon 328, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Claysville 3 W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Milan, IT	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	142 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	San German 4 W, PR	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Berne Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1950	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	40 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

1797 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1950. 1950 had 382 records.

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

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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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 50	285
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2