Weather Records on 2 November 1959

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1959. Highest significance: Hilo 86A, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1959

On 2 November 1959, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 453 daily.
Hilo 86A set a monthly record daily precipitation of 457.2 mm (18.0 in) on 2 November 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 2 November 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Makai 143	United States	Record daily precipitation	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	386.1 mm (15.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	256.8 mm (10.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	322.3 mm (12.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 November 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 November 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 237.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1959

Top 20 records on 2 November 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1959	Hilo 86A, US	monthly rain	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1959	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Honomu Makai 143, US	monthly rain	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Honomu Mauka 138, US	daily rain	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Papaikou 144.1, US	monthly rain	386.1 mm (15.2 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Pekisko, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Hana 354, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	256.8 mm (10.1 in)	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	322.3 mm (12.7 in)	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Kula Sanatorium 267, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1959	Badgam, IN	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	41 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1959. 1959 had 466 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	373
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	7