Weather Records on 17 November 2001

1,252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 2001. Highest significance: Torrens Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 2001

On 17 November 2001, 1,252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,025 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,216 daily.
Torrens Creek Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 17 November 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,252 stations

1,252 station records on 17 November 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ishun'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 15S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Granger	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Terrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Actopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Hules	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vera	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ballantine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,252 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 621, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 17 November 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	621
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 17 November 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 1,216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,028 broken records

Margins by which the 1,028 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 2001

Top 20 records on 17 November 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 2001	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2001	Ishun', UA	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Susendal, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Paducah 15S, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Granger, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Kingsville, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Grouse, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Terrerillos, MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Actopan, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Gothenburg, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Riggins, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Colville, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Leona Vicario, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Rolla 1NE, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2001	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	44 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 1,252 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	1,010
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1