Weather Records on 16 November 1979

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1979. Highest significance: Floraville Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1979

On 16 November 1979, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 552 daily.
Floraville Downs Station set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 16 November 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 16 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ostana	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Francisca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bergvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nynashamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sassandra	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soderhamn A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	145.9 mm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Havrestrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 16 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 16 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1979

Top 20 records on 16 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1979	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1979	Lensk, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Ostana, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Dona Francisca (Pcd), BR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Gavle, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Ockelbo, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Glenormiston, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Harstena, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Nubeena, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Bergvik, SE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Ukiah, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Binda Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1979	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	34 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

1805 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 563 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 1979-11-16: 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	463
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1