Weather Records on 2 November 1976

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1976. Highest significance: Elmore, AU.

Key Facts for 2 November 1976

On 2 November 1976, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 381 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 893 daily.
Elmore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.4 mm (3.7 in) on 2 November 1976.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 2 November 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Thies	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coral Harbour A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 257, Heaviest daily rainfall 403, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 November 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	257
Heaviest daily rainfall	403
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 November 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 893.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

779 broken records

Margins by which the 779 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1976

Top 20 records on 2 November 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1976	Elmore, AU	monthly rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1976	Kansk, RU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1976	Thies, SN	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1976	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Cowes, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Goornong, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Yardea, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Nyah, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Oceanside Marina, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Moyhu, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1976	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	45 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

1805 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1976. 1976 had 906 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	768
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2