Weather Records on 16 November 1986

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1986. Highest significance: Xiamen, CN.

Key Facts for 16 November 1986

On 16 November 1986, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 638 daily.
Xiamen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.7 mm (4.6 in) on 16 November 1986.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 16 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lay Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 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)
Poteet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg (Civ/Fafb)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 16 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 16 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1986

Top 20 records on 16 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1986	Xiamen, CN	monthly rain	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1986	Beaver Is, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Fuzhou, CN	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Keams Canyon, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Martin Dam, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Jordan Dam, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Big Delta AP, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Brohovo, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Kabale, UG	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	141 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Lay Dam, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Tequesquitengo, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Gavle, SE	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Dawson, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1986	Coen Airport Evap, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 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

1805 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1986. 1986 had 657 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 1986-11-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	472
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1