Weather Records on 12 November 1979

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1979. Highest significance: Victoria Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1979

On 12 November 1979, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 671 daily.
Victoria Hill set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 12 November 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

686 stations

686 station records on 12 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.7 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euston (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skattungbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storfors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odienne	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tantima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evertsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frykfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cullers 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Knas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vila Matias-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baixo Guandu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 167, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 12 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	167
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 12 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1979

Top 20 records on 12 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1979	Victoria Hill, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Santa Cruz-Litoral, BR	daily rain	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Cavalinho, BR	monthly rain	150.7 mm (5.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Ilford (Tara), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Euston (Sunnyside), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Sao Joao de Petropolis, BR	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Save, SE	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Ixhuatlan del Cafe, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Skattungbyn, SE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Ica, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Oktjabrskaja, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Storfors_D, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1979	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	38 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

1802 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1979. 1979 had 686 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	563
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1