Weather Records on 17 November 1966

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1966. Highest significance: Jaley, IN.

Key Facts for 17 November 1966

On 17 November 1966, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 402 daily.
Jaley set a daily record precipitation of 41.2 mm (1.6 in) on 17 November 1966.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 17 November 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kulja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phulwari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosigi(Kesigi)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manaira (Alagoa Nova)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 November 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 November 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1966

Top 20 records on 17 November 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1966	Jaley, IN	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1966	Sherthala, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Kulja, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Phulwari, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Campo Grande (Augusto Severo), BR	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Dhone, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Bahera, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Balumath, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Turuvekere, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Kosigi(Kesigi), IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1966	Muzaffarpur, IN	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 408 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 25	298
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1