Weather Records on 25 November 1972

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1972. Highest significance: Nongoma, ZA.

Key Facts for 25 November 1972

On 25 November 1972, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 629 daily.
Nongoma set a monthly record daily precipitation of 156.0 mm (6.1 in) on 25 November 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 25 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bilovodsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glanworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Witklip (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caroona (West Mooki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 25 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 25 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1972

Top 20 records on 25 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1972	Nongoma, ZA	monthly rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1972	Eddystone Point, AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1972	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1972	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Abisko, SE	daily snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Texas Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Woomera, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Versamelhoek, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Bilovodsk, UA	monthly rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1972	Corning, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	41 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 642 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 100	536
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1