Weather Records on 15 November 1979

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1979. Highest significance: American River, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1979

On 15 November 1979, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 601 daily.
American River set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.2 mm (2.6 in) on 15 November 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 15 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alberga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 15 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 15 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 262.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1979

Top 20 records on 15 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1979	American River, AU	monthly rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Warooka, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Coulta, AU	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Stokes, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Penneshaw, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Parndana (Pioneer Bend), AU	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Normanville, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	monthly rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Elliott Research Station, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Karoonda, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	monthly rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1979	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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

1794 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 623 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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Data for records on 1979-11-15: 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 50	548
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1