Weather Records on 12 November 1996

1,235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1996. Highest significance: Lyon - St Exupery, FR.

Key Facts for 12 November 1996

On 12 November 1996, 1,235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 582 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Lyon - St Exupery set a daily record precipitation of 65.6 mm (2.6 in) on 12 November 1996.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,235 stations

1,235 station records on 12 November 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gernsheim-Allmendfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lappi Kaukola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunakakai 536	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puehu Ridge 1040	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rauma Ayho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken-Sankt Johann	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sisimiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Offenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Real	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kvale	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waghausel-Kirrlach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,235 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 358, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 104.

Records on 12 November 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	358
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	104

Records on 12 November 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1996

Top 20 records on 12 November 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1996	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Bennetts Brg, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Chardon, US	monthly snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Coleman, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Bad Durkheim, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Coloso, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Punchbowl Crater 709, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Gernsheim-Allmendfeld, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Berus, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Linesville 1 S, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Pompano Beach, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Lappi Kaukola, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Lerma, MX	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Kaunakakai 536, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Bad Bergzabern, DE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Ayutla, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1996	Bloomingdale, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	46 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

1802 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,235 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	830
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1