Weather Records on 17 November 1991

745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1991. Highest significance: Irvinebank, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1991

On 17 November 1991, 745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 716 daily.
Irvinebank set a daily record precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 17 November 1991.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

745 stations

745 station records on 17 November 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orkabie West Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Attica 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limon	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.7 mm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karval	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

745 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 17 November 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 17 November 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1991

Top 20 records on 17 November 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1991	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Genoa, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Byers 5 ENE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Midland, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1991	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Genoa, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE	monthly rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Akron 4 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Orkabie West Hill, AU	daily rain	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Idalia, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Cherry Creek Dam, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Attica 6 WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Limon, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1991	Sedalia 4 SSE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 745 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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Data for records on 1991-11-17: 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	578
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3