Weather Records on 12 November 2002

1,057 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 2002. Highest significance: Kelliher, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 2002

On 12 November 2002, 1,057 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,036 daily.
Kelliher set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 12 November 2002.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,057 stations

1,057 station records on 12 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kelliher	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kise Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Espita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inari Naatamo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colquitt 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Evangelista (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Solferino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Juliette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zihualtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zapote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,057 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 286, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 1,036.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

886 broken records

Margins by which the 886 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 2002

Top 20 records on 12 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 2002	Kelliher, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2002	Middleburg, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	101 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2002	Kise Pa Hedmark, NO	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Chama, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Espita, MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	El Obeid, SD	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Sandersville, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Inari Naatamo, FI	monthly rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Colquitt 2 W, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Ashland, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Wayne 2, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Gibson, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Annapolis Police Brks, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	San Juan Evangelista (Dge), MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Buctzotz, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2002	Solferino, MX	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	48 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

1802 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 1,057 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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Data for records on 2002-11-12: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	815
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1