Weather Records on 17 November 1965

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1965. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 17 November 1965

On 17 November 1965, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 668 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 17 November 1965.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

697 stations

697 station records on 17 November 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	42.9 cm (16.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bear Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rapide Blanc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Laurent (College)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 17 November 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 17 November 1965 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1965

Top 20 records on 17 November 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1965	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1965	Ojai, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	all-time snowfall	42.9 cm (16.9 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Arcade, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Les Cedres, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Big Bear Lake Dam, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Pioche, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Trafalgar, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Opids Camp Fc 57 Be, US	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Spreckels Hwy Brg, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Ventura, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Brakfontein, ZA	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Beaumont, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1965	Big Tujunga Dam Fc46, US	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	45 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 697 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 50	588
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1