Weather Records on 24 November 1997

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1997. Highest significance: Rio Pequeno, BR.

Key Facts for 24 November 1997

On 24 November 1997, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 479 daily.
Rio Pequeno set a daily record precipitation of 65.6 mm (2.6 in) on 24 November 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 24 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rio Pequeno	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campinas-Ia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Oneida Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chania	Greece	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Bonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armazem Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benton 5 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Bom Retiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boituva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olenek	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-52.4 C (-62.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olenek	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-54.3 C (-65.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broadalbin	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Point	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altay	China	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St-Girons	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Campos de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Bem Vinda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 24 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 24 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1997

Top 20 records on 24 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1997	Rio Pequeno, BR	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Millinocket, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Campinas-Ia, BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Utica Oneida Co AP, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Rio Do Pouso, BR	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Chania, GR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Ridgway, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Bridgewater, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Zwartrandjes, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Grafton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Fazenda Vista Bonita, BR	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Salisbury 2 N, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Mora, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Gloversville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1997	Armazem Capivari, BR	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1997	Forquilhinha, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 489 records.

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

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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	337
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2