Weather Records on 17 November 1982

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1982. Highest significance: Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1982

On 17 November 1982, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 483 daily.
Mataranka Homestead Resort set a daily record precipitation of 55.5 mm (2.2 in) on 17 November 1982.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 17 November 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waller	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmeloord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batopilas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Gabriel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doomadgee Sharp Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Duarte (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 17 November 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 17 November 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1982

Top 20 records on 17 November 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1982	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Navojoa, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Waller, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Guacui, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Usina Brumado, BR	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Lorraine, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Sahuaripa, MX	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	La Paz (Dge), MX	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Emmeloord, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Villa Cuauhtemoc, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Natchez, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	San Javier, MX	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Greenville, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1982	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	39 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

1793 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 497 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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 25	390
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1