Weather Records on 12 November 1951

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1951. Highest significance: Bedford, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 1951

On 12 November 1951, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 480 daily.
Bedford set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 12 November 1951.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 12 November 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schurz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 November 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 November 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1951

Top 20 records on 12 November 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1951	Bedford, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Wittenberg, DE	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	166 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Bend, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Chinook Cove, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Pelee Island, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Morgan, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Pine 2 S, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1951	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Milan, IT	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Wien, AT	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Mt Ayr, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Hill City 1 W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1951	Golden, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	29 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

1802 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 489 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	382
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1