Weather Records on 25 November 1986

976 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1986. Highest significance: Smithville, US.

Key Facts for 25 November 1986

On 25 November 1986, 976 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
570 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 963 daily.
Smithville set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 25 November 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

976 stations

976 station records on 25 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waelder 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

976 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 352, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 25 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	352
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 25 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 963.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1986

Top 20 records on 25 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1986	Smithville, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Greenville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Poortjie-Wes, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Monticello, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Corsicana, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Marlin, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Longville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Hobart 2 WNW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Evergreen, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	La Grange 1N, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1986	Olney, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	39 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

1793 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 976 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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	782
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1