Weather Records on 30 November 1979

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 1979. Highest significance: Manavi, AU.

Key Facts for 30 November 1979

On 30 November 1979, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 433 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 791 daily.
Manavi set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 30 November 1979.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 30 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jourerdine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Five Finger Lt STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 273, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 30 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	273
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 30 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 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

30 November 1979

Top 20 records on 30 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 1979	Manavi, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1979	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1979	Jourerdine, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Moora, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Raipur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Cheyenne, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Phillips, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Sidney Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Beria, AU	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Ica, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Oktjabrskaja, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	La Grange, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Dalby Post Office, AU	monthly high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1979	Caribou Island, CA	all-time low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	43 years	41 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

1797 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 837 records.

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

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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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	652
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1