Weather Records on 2 November 1955

508 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1955. Highest significance: Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA.

Key Facts for 2 November 1955

On 2 November 1955, 508 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 478 daily.
Saanich Dom Astro Obs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 108.2 mm (4.3 in) on 2 November 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

508 stations

508 station records on 2 November 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Keyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	307.1 mm (12.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pender Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

508 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 November 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 November 1955 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 22, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1955

Top 20 records on 2 November 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1955	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	all-time rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1955	Keyport, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1955	Sorrento, CA	monthly snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1955	Steveston, CA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Sooke Lake, CA	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Bear Creek, CA	all-time rain	307.1 mm (12.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Alouette Lake, CA	monthly rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Biscotasing, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Ioco Refinery, CA	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Buntzen Lake, CA	all-time rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Vancouver City Hall, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1955	Sholavandan, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	47 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

1805 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 508 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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

Margin	Records
0 to 50	381
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2