Weather Records on 27 November 1979

851 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1979. Highest significance: Salzburg, AT.

Key Facts for 27 November 1979

On 27 November 1979, 851 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
342 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 827 daily.
Salzburg set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 27 November 1979.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

851 stations

851 station records on 27 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chadds Ford 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frost Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenicia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
English Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madera 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.5 cm (8.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

851 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 27 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 27 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1979

Top 20 records on 27 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1979	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1979	Addison, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1979	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1979	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1979	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Wellsboro 4 SW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Nitchequon, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Butte, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Chemung, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Leadville Lake Co AP, US	monthly snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Northville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Watertown, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Cheyenne, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	Chadds Ford 2 NE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1979	La Grange, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	26 years	51 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

1793 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 851 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 100	691
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1