Weather Records on 14 November 1986

2,074 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1986. Highest significance: Devils Lake Kdlr, US.

Key Facts for 14 November 1986

On 14 November 1986, 2,074 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 1,540 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 2,019 daily.
Devils Lake Kdlr set a daily record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 14 November 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 14 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,074 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 735, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 805, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 14 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	735
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	805
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 14 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 2,019.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,712 broken records

Margins by which the 1,712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1986

Top 20 records on 14 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1986	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1986	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Malvern, US	monthly low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Brinkley, US	monthly low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Selby, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno, TJ	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Tawonga, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Prescott 2 NNW, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Circleville, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Genoa, IT	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	140 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Wessington Springs, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1986	Zharkent, KZ	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1986	Cekunda, RU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1986	Sutur, RU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	23 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

1801 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1986. 1986 had 2,074 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 50	1,663
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2