Weather Records on 27 November 1959

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1959. Highest significance: Cape Riche, AU.

Key Facts for 27 November 1959

On 27 November 1959, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 468 daily.
Cape Riche set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 27 November 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

476 stations

476 station records on 27 November 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kojaneerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paca-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aklavik A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan (Fiskville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 November 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 November 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1959

Top 20 records on 27 November 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1959	Cape Riche, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	White Gums, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Bushy Park, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Kojaneerup, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Naretha, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Dickson, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Paca-Ata, KG	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Greensburg, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Biddelia, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Farnham, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1959	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	36 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 476 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 20	326
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1