Weather Records on 16 November 1968

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1968. Highest significance: Barra Do Mendes, BR.

Key Facts for 16 November 1968

On 16 November 1968, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 442 daily.
Barra Do Mendes set an all-time record daily precipitation of 169.0 mm (6.7 in) on 16 November 1968.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 16 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barra Do Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minjilky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malibay(?)	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koppiesvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 16 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 16 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1968

Top 20 records on 16 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1968	Barra Do Mendes, BR	all-time rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Raymond 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero, KZ	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Minjilky, KZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Orje, NO	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Klipplaatdrift (Skl), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Spicer, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Mantova, IT	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Malibay(?), KZ	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Twyfelspoort, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Lake Margaret Dam, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Klipspruit, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Werk-Met-Lus, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1968	Harrison, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	37 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

1805 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 454 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	369
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3