Weather Records on 1 November 1979

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1979. Highest significance: Arrojado, BR.

Key Facts for 1 November 1979

On 1 November 1979, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 611 daily.
Arrojado set a daily record precipitation of 50.2 mm (2.0 in) on 1 November 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 1 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jaboticatubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Crescent (Serat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sahty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hodges	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paskenta Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillips	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 1 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 1 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1979

Top 20 records on 1 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1979	Arrojado, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Merrill, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Selby, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Estacao Experimental, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Shubuta, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Lisbon, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Jaboticatubas, BR	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Lake Crescent (Serat), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Oakes, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Aliceville, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	N Loup, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Crandall 8 N, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1979	Great Falls, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	40 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 631 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 20	451
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	4