Weather Records on 13 November 1997

1,330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1997. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1997

On 13 November 1997, 1,330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,294 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 13 November 1997.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,330 stations

1,330 station records on 13 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kokatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guaira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hueycatenango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,330 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 651, Heaviest daily snowfall 105, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 13 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	651
Heaviest daily snowfall	105
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 13 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 1,294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,118 broken records

Margins by which the 1,118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1997

Top 20 records on 13 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1997	Arcadia, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	101 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Kokatha, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Norseman, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Olney 2S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Palestine, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	103 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1997	Ocala, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Venice, US	monthly rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Gorya Valley, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Usher Twr, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	De Soto, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Melbourne WFO, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1997	Baldwin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 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

1795 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 1,330 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	474
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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Data for records on 1997-11-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	936
20 to 40	110
40 to 60	36
60 to 80	22
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1