Weather Records on 17 November 1951

681 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1951. Highest significance: Bartow 1SE, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1951

On 17 November 1951, 681 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 560 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 673 daily.
Bartow 1SE set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 17 November 1951.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

681 stations

681 station records on 17 November 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

681 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 298, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 262, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 17 November 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	298
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	262
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 17 November 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 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

17 November 1951

Top 20 records on 17 November 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1951	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Harrisville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Moroni, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	10.3 C (18.5 F)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Elatma, RU	monthly low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Idaho Springs, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1951	Poretskoye, RU	monthly low min	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Zametchino, RU	daily low max	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	11.3 C (20.3 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Collbran, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Bosque del Apache, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Heber, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Soldier Summit, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Elatma, RU	monthly low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Steamboat Springs, US	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	Morgan, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1951	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 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

1793 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 681 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	505
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1