Weather Records on 16 November 1999

1,020 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1999. Highest significance: Bullfinch, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 1999

On 16 November 1999, 1,020 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
709 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 985 daily.
Bullfinch set a daily record precipitation of 40.3 mm (1.6 in) on 16 November 1999.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,020 stations

1,020 station records on 16 November 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoek_van_Holland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Dos Cavalos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Unity	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juazeiro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Vitoria (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,020 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 560, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 November 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	560
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 November 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 985.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1999

Top 20 records on 16 November 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1999	Bullfinch, AU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1999	Bruce Rock, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Beverley, AU	monthly rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Turkey Hill North, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Sunnyside - Lund 31S, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Indio Fire STN, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Polson, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Ellensburg, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Grass Valley, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Taos, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Heber, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Doodenanning, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Verhnij_Baskuncak, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1999	Manti, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1999. 1999 had 1,020 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-11-16: 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	784
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1