Weather Records on 23 November 2001

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 2001. Highest significance: Wessington 2SE, US.

Key Facts for 23 November 2001

On 23 November 2001, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 1,016 daily.
Wessington 2SE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 23 November 2001.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 23 November 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galliano	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 November 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 November 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 1,016.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 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

23 November 2001

Top 20 records on 23 November 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 2001	Wessington 2SE, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2001	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2001	Hayfork 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2001	Loup City, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2001	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	O'Neill, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Ouray, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Upland 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Parrakie, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Ouray, US	daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Wanship Dam, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Wellpinit, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Galliano, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Aurora, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2001	Clay Ctr, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	96 years	42 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

1821 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 2001. 2001 had 1,031 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	846
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1