Weather Records on 19 November 1985

2,642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1985. Highest significance: De Soto, US.

Key Facts for 19 November 1985

On 19 November 1985, 2,642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
753 were record highs and 1,090 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 176 monthly and 2,463 daily.
De Soto set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 19 November 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 19 November 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saverton L&D 22	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,642 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 305, Lowest daily maximum 691, Highest daily minimum 448, Lowest daily minimum 399, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 142, Deepest snow cover 238.

Records on 19 November 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	305
Lowest daily maximum	691
Highest daily minimum	448
Lowest daily minimum	399
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	142
Deepest snow cover	238

Records on 19 November 1985 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 176, daily 2,463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,162 broken records

Margins by which the 2,162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1985

Top 20 records on 19 November 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1985	De Soto, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 November 1985	Rockville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Minonk, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Ada, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Kihei 311, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Doyle, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Green Forest, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Pontiac, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Hobart 2 WNW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1985	Grafton, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 2,642 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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	1,977
50 to 100	116
100 to 150	49
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1