Weather Records on 14 November 1981

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1981. Highest significance: Aleksandrov Gaj, RU.

Key Facts for 14 November 1981

On 14 November 1981, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 592 daily.
Aleksandrov Gaj set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 14 November 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 14 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zhalpaktal	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manhuacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oni	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Peixe (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Comox A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Samtredia	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1981

Top 20 records on 14 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1981	Aleksandrov Gaj, RU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Ocosingo, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Zhalpaktal, KZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Paisley, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	So Entrance Yosemite Np, US	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Kamloops, CA	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Teigarhorn, IS	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Bom Jesus Do Galho, BR	all-time rain	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Manhuacu, BR	all-time rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Laranja da Terra, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1981	Ambrolauri, GE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	35 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

1801 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1981. 1981 had 611 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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 20	457
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1