Weather Records on 12 November 1952

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1952. Highest significance: Simferopol, UA.

Key Facts for 12 November 1952

On 12 November 1952, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 304 daily.
Simferopol set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 12 November 1952.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 12 November 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 12 November 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 12 November 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1952

Top 20 records on 12 November 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1952	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1952	Kiev, UA	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1952	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1952	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Genoa, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Bombala (Cambalong), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	St John's, CA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Uman, UA	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Bukalong Station, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1952	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	34 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 312 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 10	199
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3