Weather Records on 14 November 1959

1,147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1959. Highest significance: Goorangoola, AU.

Key Facts for 14 November 1959

On 14 November 1959, 1,147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 577 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 104 monthly and 1,042 daily.
Goorangoola set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 14 November 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,147 stations

1,147 station records on 14 November 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kowen Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,147 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 251, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 326, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 14 November 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	251
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	326
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 14 November 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 104, daily 1,042.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

966 broken records

Margins by which the 966 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1959

Top 20 records on 14 November 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1959	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1959	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1959	Galva, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Morrison, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Minonk, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Cowan Cowan Signal STN, AU	monthly rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Lyndhurst, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	North Bay, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Montville "Craglands", AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1959	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	50 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

1801 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1959. 1959 had 1,147 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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	814
25 to 50	74
50 to 75	38
75 to 100	16
100 to 125	12
125 to 150	10
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1