Weather Records on 12 November 1981

805 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1981. Highest significance: Rushy Pool, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1981

On 12 November 1981, 805 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
425 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 790 daily.
Rushy Pool set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 12 November 1981.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

805 stations

805 station records on 12 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea da Palma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
D'Java	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

805 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 12 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 12 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 790.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1981

Top 20 records on 12 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1981	Rushy Pool, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1981	Gabbin, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1981	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Quairading, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Berkeley, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Collie, AU	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Beverley, AU	monthly rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Varzea da Palma, BR	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Sacramento AP ASOS, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Cuttening, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Richmond, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	McAlinden, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Glen Mervyn, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Millston, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Kranskop (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1981	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	67 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

1802 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1981. 1981 had 805 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	631
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1