Weather Records on 6 November 1997

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1997. Highest significance: Eversfield, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1997

On 6 November 1997, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 815 daily.
Eversfield set a daily record precipitation of 94.6 mm (3.7 in) on 6 November 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 6 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Troitsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marechal Floriano (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valsugana Velha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Point Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Viola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Votuporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cania Gorge Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1997

Top 20 records on 6 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1997	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1997	Sumiha, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1997	Troitsk, RU	monthly rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Marechal Floriano (Dnos), BR	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Conceicao, BR	monthly rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Fundao, BR	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Beerburrum Forest Station, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Coloso, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Shadrinsk, RU	monthly rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Hancock, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Federal Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Valsugana Velha-Montante, BR	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Ponte Do Costa, BR	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	McKeesport, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Rushville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Dunollie, AU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1997	Doondi, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 849 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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Data for records on 1997-11-06: 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	670
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1