Weather Records on 17 November 1971

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1971. Highest significance: Beaver, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1971

On 17 November 1971, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 612 daily.
Beaver set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 17 November 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 17 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chorrocho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 17 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 17 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1971

Top 20 records on 17 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1971	Beaver, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1971	Larned, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1971	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1971	Kinsley 2E, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Perryton, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Booker, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Lincoln 1 SE, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Taos, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Shaki, AZ	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Kit Carson, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Wray, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Virginia, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Central City, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Spearman, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Claflin, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Wray, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Hinckley, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1971	Beaver City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 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

1793 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 630 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 50	503
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1