Weather Records on 29 November 1981

674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1981. Highest significance: Gilberton, AU.

Key Facts for 29 November 1981

On 29 November 1981, 674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 645 daily.
Gilberton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 29 November 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

674 stations

674 station records on 29 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haysdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bukoba	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catumnal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

674 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 29 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 29 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1981

Top 20 records on 29 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1981	Gilberton, AU	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1981	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Mt Wilson Cbs, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Kerang, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Walnut Creek, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Tomball, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Gleneagle, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Blair Athol, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Escalante, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1981	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	79 years	36 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1981. 1981 had 674 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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 50	539
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1