Weather Records on 26 November 1976

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1976. Highest significance: Stockwell, AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 1976

On 26 November 1976, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 599 daily.
Stockwell set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 26 November 1976.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 26 November 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Callendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 November 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 November 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 599.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 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

26 November 1976

Top 20 records on 26 November 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1976	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1976	Chaco Canyon Natl Mon, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Callendale, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Palmares, BR	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Har Kenaan, IL	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	North Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Kit Carson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Savannah Beach, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Kenai AP, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Lead, US	daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Eldon, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1976	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 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

1838 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1976. 1976 had 613 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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	496
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2