Weather Records on 29 November 1983

1,457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1983. Highest significance: Mitchell Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 November 1983

On 29 November 1983, 1,457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 159 monthly and 1,289 daily.
Mitchell Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 92.0 mm (3.6 in) on 29 November 1983.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,457 stations

1,457 station records on 29 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Federal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Faribault	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kotlas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Limon	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burks Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,457 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 547, Heaviest daily snowfall 236, Deepest snow cover 319.

Records on 29 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	547
Heaviest daily snowfall	236
Deepest snow cover	319

Records on 29 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 159, daily 1,289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,195 broken records

Margins by which the 1,195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1983

Top 20 records on 29 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1983	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Landsborough Post Office, AU	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Federal Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Faribault, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Warren (Frawley St), AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Man, CI	monthly rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1983	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Hickman, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Beerwah Forest, AU	monthly rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Kenilworth, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Peachester, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Sidney 6NNW, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1983	Kotlas, RU	monthly rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 years	54 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1983. 1983 had 1,457 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 2026-10-17 (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	949
50 to 100	163
100 to 150	45
150 to 200	22
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	4