Weather Records on 7 November 1959

1,315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1959. Highest significance: Bisalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 7 November 1959

On 7 November 1959, 1,315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 959 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,292 daily.
Bisalpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 7 November 1959.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,315 stations

1,315 station records on 7 November 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,315 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 321, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 638, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 7 November 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	321
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	638
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 7 November 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 1,292.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,115 broken records

Margins by which the 1,115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1959

Top 20 records on 7 November 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1959	Bisalpur, IN	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1959	Ferozepur City, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1959	Salimpur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Khair, IN	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Srinagar, IN	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Tibri, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Dayanathpur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Kannauj, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Sahaswan, IN	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	132 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Mehgaon, IN	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Solomons, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Mathura, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Chhota Kosi, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1959	Dataganj, IN	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	39 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

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 1,315 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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	1,072
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1