Weather Records on 19 November 1971

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1971. Highest significance: Compton, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 November 1971

On 19 November 1971, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 445 daily.
Compton set a daily record precipitation of 56.5 mm (2.2 in) on 19 November 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 19 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zilverhout	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolwekraal (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piacaguera (Efsj)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macklin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 19 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 19 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1971

Top 20 records on 19 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1971	Compton, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Henbury, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Zilverhout, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Represa Itatinga, BR	daily rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Wolwekraal (Irr), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Hex Krantz, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Karesuando, SE	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Axel, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Piacaguera (Efsj), BR	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1971	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	35 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 455 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	354
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1