Weather Records on 17 November 1977

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1977. Highest significance: Gracemere Russell St, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1977

On 17 November 1977, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 525 daily.
Gracemere Russell St set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 17 November 1977.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 17 November 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sobradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cernigov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rannes Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston College, Mooi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waleska	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liverpool Big Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 17 November 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 17 November 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1977

Top 20 records on 17 November 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1977	Gracemere Russell St, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Boolburra, AU	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Springfield, CA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Woorabinda, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Spas-Demensk, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Kihnu, EE	monthly rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	The Valley, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Rockhampton Aero, AU	monthly rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Rainworth, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Sackville, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Fergana, UZ	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Salmon Hole, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Jefferson City Evap, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1977	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1977	Pomona Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 538 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-11-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	417
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1