Weather Records on 17 November 1952

1,076 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1952. Highest significance: Chariton 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1952

On 17 November 1952, 1,076 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Chariton 1 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 17 November 1952.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,076 stations

1,076 station records on 17 November 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	112.0 cm (44.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,076 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 330, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 17 November 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	330
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 17 November 1952 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 63, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

884 broken records

Margins by which the 884 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 780.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1952

Top 20 records on 17 November 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1952	Chariton 1 E, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1952	Iowa City, US	monthly rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1952	Oskaloosa, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1952	Tipton, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1952	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Bowdle, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Galena, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Mt Ayr, US	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Miller, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Sedgwick, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Le Claire, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Sigourney, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	De Smet, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Lodgepole, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Redfield, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1952	Clark, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	51 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 1,076 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 100	860
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1