Weather Records on 25 November 1971

802 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1971. Highest significance: Hawker (Holowilena), AU.

Key Facts for 25 November 1971

On 25 November 1971, 802 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 727 daily.
Hawker (Holowilena) set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 25 November 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

802 stations

802 station records on 25 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Everett	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	64.3 cm (25.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freeland	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Broadview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Sdg (Tar 354 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Buclkeboo Post Offi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

802 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 150, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 25 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	150
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 25 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 70, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1971

Top 20 records on 25 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1971	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Everett, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Lennoxville, CA	all-time snowfall	64.3 cm (25.3 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	18 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Pleasant Mt 1 W, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Lilydale, AU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Darke Peak, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Freeland, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	E Stroudsburg, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1971	Bloserville 1 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1971	Whyalla (Nonowie), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1971	Delhi 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	55 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 802 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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	607
50 to 100	52
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	17
200 to 250	10
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1