Weather Records on 19 November 1997

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1997. Highest significance: Camfield, AU.

Key Facts for 19 November 1997

On 19 November 1997, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 300 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 693 daily.
Camfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 19 November 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 19 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itainopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyntoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timburi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granja Yuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record low minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broadalbin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yackadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esperantina (Boa Esperanca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 225, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 19 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	225
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 19 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1997

Top 20 records on 19 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1997	Camfield, AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Memooloo, AU	monthly rain	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Bouake, CI	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Aracaiba (Capoeiras), BR	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Wytheville, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Addison, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Laurens, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Marlinton, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Woorarra, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Itainopolis, BR	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Marion, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1997	Lebanon, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	39 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 710 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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Data for records on 1997-11-19: 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 20	455
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3