Weather Records on 15 November 1986

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1986. Highest significance: Devils Lake Kdlr, US.

Key Facts for 15 November 1986

On 15 November 1986, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 856 daily.
Devils Lake Kdlr set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 15 November 1986.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 15 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sesheke	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 204, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 15 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	204
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 15 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 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

15 November 1986

Top 20 records on 15 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1986	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1986	Oenpelli, AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Northway AP, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Selby, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Liffey, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Dodson 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Marlinton, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Sesheke, ZM	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Plevna, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Washburn, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Weston, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Phuket, TH	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Paisley, GB	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1986	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	38 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

1794 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1986. 1986 had 872 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	643
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1