Weather Records on 16 November 1981

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1981. Highest significance: Hat Creek, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 1981

On 16 November 1981, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 665 daily.
Hat Creek set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 16 November 1981.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 16 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Mere	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Glen	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sawyers Bar Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Point Arena	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1981

Top 20 records on 16 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1981	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Keno, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Eagles Mere, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Batavia, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Medford Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	110 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Yreka, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Brockton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Newry, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Taquarucu, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Pembroke, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet), AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	High Landing 2 NW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Kamilaroi Station, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1981	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	43 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

1805 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1981. 1981 had 692 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 1981-11-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	510
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1