Weather Records on 16 November 1954

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1954. Highest significance: Zmeinogorsk, RU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1954

On 16 November 1954, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 350 daily.
Zmeinogorsk set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 16 November 1954.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 16 November 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loongana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 November 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 November 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1954

Top 20 records on 16 November 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1954	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	Brigham City, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	Calera, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	Riverdale, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1954	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Preston Sugar Factory, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Arlington, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Farmington, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Oneonta, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Rocklin, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Porthill, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Belle Isle, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Cedaredge, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Butler, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Conconully, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1954	Oroville 3 NW, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	25 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

1805 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1954. 1954 had 357 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 1954-11-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	249
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2