Weather Records on 13 November 1971

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1971. Highest significance: Gaborone, BW.

Key Facts for 13 November 1971

On 13 November 1971, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 419 daily.
Gaborone set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 13 November 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 13 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaborone	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mamagalieskraal Suid(Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Engordador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 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

13 November 1971

Top 20 records on 13 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1971	Gaborone, BW	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Slurry, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Oliphantspoort, ZA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Botataboomen, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Mosita, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	El-Golea, DZ	daily low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Tweeling (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Twyfelspoort, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Geluk (Irr), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1971	Val (Sar), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Kafferskraal, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 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)
13 November 1971	Lanquedoc, ZA	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Medicine Lodge, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Zwartruggens (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1971	Roy, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	29 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

1795 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 425 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	318
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1