Weather Records on 30 November 2002

862 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 2002. Highest significance: Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU.

Key Facts for 30 November 2002

On 30 November 2002, 862 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 817 daily.
Weabonga (Monomeeth) set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 30 November 2002.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

862 stations

862 station records on 30 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi (Timor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lindisfarne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra (Myloe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Karori)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan (Echo Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Road ( Boxley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Poitrel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vardo	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

862 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 30 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 30 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 November 2002

Top 20 records on 30 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 2002	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 November 2002	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Willow Tree (Parraweena), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Murrurundi (Timor), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Ft Ross, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Toorooka (Moparrabah), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	113 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Kandalaksa, RU	monthly low max	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Weabonga (Stoneleigh), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Muswellbrook (Lindisfarne), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2002	Niigata, JP	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	45 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

1797 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2002. 2002 had 862 records.

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

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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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	665
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1