Weather Records on 14 November 1985

1,510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1985. Highest significance: Ft Madison, US.

Key Facts for 14 November 1985

On 14 November 1985, 1,510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 358 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,457 daily.
Ft Madison set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 14 November 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,510 stations

1,510 station records on 14 November 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Riem	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserburg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,510 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 189, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 239.

Records on 14 November 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	189
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	239

Records on 14 November 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 52, daily 1,457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,192 broken records

Margins by which the 1,192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1985

Top 20 records on 14 November 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1985	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	83 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1985	Rush 1N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1985	Carthage, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1985	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Munchen-Riem, DE	monthly snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Columbus, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Neosho, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Pueblo Mem AP, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Manassa, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Cushing, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	monthly snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Upton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Warrnambool Downs, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Princeville, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Nowata, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Curtis, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1985	Cedar Butte, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	49 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

1801 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1985. 1985 had 1,510 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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 100	1,119
100 to 200	67
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1