Weather Records on 15 November 2002

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 2002. Highest significance: Nouasseur, MA.

Key Facts for 15 November 2002

On 15 November 2002, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 640 daily.
Nouasseur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 15 November 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 15 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camballin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yagaburne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Chiflon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warral (Hillsia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodspring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teocuitatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 15 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 15 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 2002

Top 20 records on 15 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 2002	Nouasseur, MA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 November 2002	Lugano, CH	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 2002	Sarajevo, BA	monthly high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Derby Aero, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Poncitlan, MX	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Maradi, NE	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Bartow 1SE, US	monthly rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Camballin, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Yagaburne, AU	monthly rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Colville, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Atoyac, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2002	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 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

1794 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 684 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 2026-10-16 (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	536
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1