Weather Records on 16 November 1969

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1969. Highest significance: Vestervig, DK.

Key Facts for 16 November 1969

On 16 November 1969, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 514 daily.
Vestervig set a daily record precipitation of 32.1 mm (1.3 in) on 16 November 1969.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 16 November 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monsildale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Bell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cartwright	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 16 November 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 16 November 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1969

Top 20 records on 16 November 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1969	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1969	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Skegness, GB	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Darrington Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Junipine, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1969	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Goomeri Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Gainesville, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Jimna Composite, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1969	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	32 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

1805 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1969. 1969 had 521 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 100	415
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1