Weather Records on 2 November 1997

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1997. Highest significance: Everett, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1997

On 2 November 1997, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
485 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 740 daily.
Everett set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 2 November 1997.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 2 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toora-Hem	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 2 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 2 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 81, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1997

Top 20 records on 2 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1997	Everett, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Cordoba Aeropuerto, ES	all-time rain	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Bakersville, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	State College, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Mombaca, BR	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Wauchula, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Middle Dam, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Haskinville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Olean, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Renovo, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Morgantown L&D, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Sevilla/San Pablo, ES	all-time rain	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	El Tecomate, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1997	Oxnard, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	38 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

1805 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1997. 1997 had 824 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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Data for records on 1997-11-02: 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 25	547
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1