Weather Records on 10 November 1981

1,374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 November 1981. Highest significance: Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU.

Key Facts for 10 November 1981

On 10 November 1981, 1,374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 514 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 1,357 daily.
Yalgogrin North (Roloma) set a daily record precipitation of 48.6 mm (1.9 in) on 10 November 1981.
Across 152 earlier years (1835 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

1,374 stations

1,374 station records on 10 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coolabah (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Karrawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pouso Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook (Malinong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Belah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthorne Exp Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie (Waltowa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Carwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Speed (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,374 records

Records set or tied on 10 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 349, Heaviest daily rainfall 684, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 10 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	349
Heaviest daily rainfall	684
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 10 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 1,357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,269 broken records

Margins by which the 1,269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 November 1981

Top 20 records on 10 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 November 1981	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Hamley Bridge, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Charam, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Port Clinton (Yararoo), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Riverton, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Coolabah (Tara), AU	monthly rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 November 1981	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Tilpa (Tongo Road), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Auburn, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Bordertown (Karrawirra), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Pouso Alegre, BR	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Walpeup, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Dutton, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 1981	Truro, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 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

1835 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1835 to 1981. 1981 had 1,374 records.

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

Records on 11-10 in each year
Year	Records
1835	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	1
1858	4
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1895	7
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	15
1905	4
1906	7
1907	18
1908	12
1909	20
1910	21
1911	25
1912	20
1913	68
1914	86
1915	38
1916	37
1917	80
1918	25
1919	103
1920	76
1921	114
1922	12
1923	91
1924	129
1925	127
1926	474
1927	299
1928	81
1929	211
1930	203
1931	550
1932	277
1933	611
1934	207
1935	454
1936	390
1937	236
1938	250
1939	422
1940	451
1941	392
1942	344
1943	288
1944	399
1945	895
1946	791
1947	491
1948	570
1949	830
1950	1,313
1951	291
1952	448
1953	437
1954	680
1955	676
1956	797
1957	394
1958	447
1959	230
1960	463
1961	402
1962	558
1963	301
1964	509
1965	358
1966	1,260
1967	397
1968	742
1969	516
1970	604
1971	668
1972	693
1973	957
1974	503
1975	1,348
1976	537
1977	1,088
1978	1,118
1979	1,095
1980	821
1981	1,374
1982	1,364
1983	665
1984	890
1985	1,859
1986	1,542
1987	845
1988	624
1989	1,019
1990	937
1991	1,619
1992	1,000
1993	984
1994	824
1995	1,450
1996	1,164
1997	1,234
1998	1,878
1999	1,610
2000	1,684
2001	948
2002	1,307
2003	637
2004	1,058
2005	1,298
2006	1,153
2007	684
2008	968
2009	851
2010	1,272
2011	904
2012	1,144
2013	338
2014	578
2015	969
2016	1,084
2017	612
2018	1,280
2019	599
2020	2,135
2021	469
2022	1,523
2023	574
2024	491
2025	934

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,138
20 to 40	111
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1