Weather Records on 29 November 1986

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1986. Highest significance: Paisley, US.

Key Facts for 29 November 1986

On 29 November 1986, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 801 daily.
Paisley set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 29 November 1986.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 29 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tabuleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biritiba Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alferes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn - Cynthia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coroados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Encantado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Do Mato D	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Anastacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacarei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

679 broken records

Margins by which the 679 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1986

Top 20 records on 29 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1986	Paisley, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1986	Mochudi, BW	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Tabuleiro, BR	daily rain	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Skwentna, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Eagle Farm Racecourse, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Biritiba Mirim, BR	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Boolburra, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Alferes, BR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Tannymorel, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Akron 4 E, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Freguesia da Escada, BR	monthly rain	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Fazenda N.S.Aparecida, BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1986	Vytegra, RU	daily high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	87 years	37 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

1797 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1986. 1986 had 817 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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 20	637
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1