Weather Records on 26 November 1983

1,817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1983. Highest significance: Hoofddorp, NL.

Key Facts for 26 November 1983

On 26 November 1983, 1,817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
538 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 144 monthly and 1,669 daily.
Hoofddorp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.7 mm (2.0 in) on 26 November 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,817 stations

1,817 station records on 26 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Limon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Duiven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Csiro Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heeg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waldshut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enschede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abcoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sneek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandam (Hembrug)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,817 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 853, Heaviest daily snowfall 123, Deepest snow cover 134.

Records on 26 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	853
Heaviest daily snowfall	123
Deepest snow cover	134

Records on 26 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 144, daily 1,669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,622 broken records

Margins by which the 1,622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1983

Top 20 records on 26 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1983	Hoofddorp, NL	monthly rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 November 1983	Truro, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Scheveningen, NL	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Kingston on Murray, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Palmer, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Mtn Park, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Hamley Bridge, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Mannum Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Terowie, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Ely AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1983	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1983	Robertstown, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1983	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	59 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

1838 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1983. 1983 had 1,817 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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Data for records on 1983-11-26: 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	1,512
50 to 100	60
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1