Weather Records on 9 November 1996

1,262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1996. Highest significance: Lowville, US.

Key Facts for 9 November 1996

On 9 November 1996, 1,262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 404 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,140 daily.
Lowville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 9 November 1996.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

1,262 stations

1,262 station records on 9 November 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blacksburg Nwso	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philpott Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Craigsville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,262 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 270, Heaviest daily rainfall 400, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 9 November 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	270
Heaviest daily rainfall	400
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 9 November 1996 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 114, daily 1,140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,048 broken records

Margins by which the 1,048 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1996

Top 20 records on 9 November 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1996	Lowville, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 November 1996	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 November 1996	Highmarket 2W, US	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Hamburg, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Ellenburg Depot, US	all-time rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	69 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Corning, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Peru 2 WSW, US	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	65 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Tribes Hill, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Arkville 2 W, US	all-time rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Locke 2 W, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Galeton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Berne Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	New London Lock #22, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Little Falls City Rsch, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Wilkes Barre, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Colton 2 N, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1996	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 1,262 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-11-09: 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	1,005
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1