Weather Records on 17 November 1979

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1979. Highest significance: Surat, IN.

Key Facts for 17 November 1979

On 17 November 1979, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 474 daily.
Surat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 17 November 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 17 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hopedale (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.7 cm (9.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hilts Slash Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedral	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenview	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Point Arena	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 17 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 17 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1979

Top 20 records on 17 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1979	Surat, IN	monthly rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1979	Desterro, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1979	Le Grand, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Chileka, MW	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Tirana, AL	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Camp Pardee, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Hopedale (Aut), CA	daily snowfall	23.7 cm (9.3 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Hilts Slash Disposal, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Cedral, MX	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Grenfell, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	Williams, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1979	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1979	Carson City, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1979	Creighton, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1979	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1979	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1979	Manzanita Lake, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 479 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

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	372
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1