Weather Records on 17 November 1956

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1956. Highest significance: Lakeside, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1956

On 17 November 1956, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 258 daily.
Lakeside set a daily record snowfall of 24.1 cm (9.5 in) on 17 November 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 17 November 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakeside	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Black Point 717	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loxton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 November 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 November 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1956

Top 20 records on 17 November 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1956	Lakeside, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Black Point 717, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Estancia, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Remanso, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Toms River, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Kealia 1112, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Longlac, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1956	Glenlyon Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Clayton, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Waimanalo 794, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Penedo, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Swaelfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1956	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	31 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 262 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	188
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1