Weather Records on 17 November 2002

1,083 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 2002. Highest significance: Naples, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 2002

On 17 November 2002, 1,083 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,034 daily.
Naples set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 17 November 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,083 stations

1,083 station records on 17 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Point Lookout Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardnerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mjuamala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parrish	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,083 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 349, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 17 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	349
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 17 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 1,034.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

901 broken records

Margins by which the 901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 2002

Top 20 records on 17 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 2002	Naples, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2002	Hatteras, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Point Lookout Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Gardnerville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Khon Kaen, TH	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Archbold Bio STN, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Wauchula, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Salisbury, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Bakersville, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Szombathely, HU	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Belfast, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Koolpinyah, AU	monthly rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Kissimmee 2, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2002	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	43 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 1,083 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 2026-10-16 (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 25	830
25 to 50	45
50 to 75	17
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1