Weather Records on 16 November 2002

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2002. Highest significance: Chestertown, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 2002

On 16 November 2002, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
366 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 932 daily.
Chestertown set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 16 November 2002.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 16 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
High Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Mountain (Davison Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swanage	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Basin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 16 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 16 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

825 broken records

Margins by which the 825 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2002

Top 20 records on 16 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2002	Chestertown, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Moolboolaman, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	High Springs, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Gympie, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Usher Twr, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Bauple, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Cumming 2N, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	monthly rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Herford, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Bologna, IT	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Tower 2S, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2002	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 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

1805 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 974 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 2002-11-16: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	756
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1