Weather Records on 12 November 1971

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1971. Highest significance: Amelup, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1971

On 12 November 1971, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 562 daily.
Amelup set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 12 November 1971.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 12 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Maltee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Breona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Christie (Tar 397 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1971

Top 20 records on 12 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1971	Amelup, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Eureka, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Ceduna (Maltee), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Breona, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Tarcoola (Lake Everard), AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	W Pt, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Mount Christie (Tar 397 Mile), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	El-Golea, DZ	daily low min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1971	Aachen, DE	daily low min	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1971	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1971	Rock Rapids, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1971	Ft Washakie 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	33 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

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 566 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	440
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1