Weather Records on 16 November 2006

1,563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2006. Highest significance: Norwich, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 2006

On 16 November 2006, 1,563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
882 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,513 daily.
Norwich set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 16 November 2006.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,563 stations

1,563 station records on 16 November 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vuonatjviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tlapehuala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 9NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ball Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homerville 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,563 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 477, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 405, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 459, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 16 November 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	477
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	405
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	459
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 16 November 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 1,513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,360 broken records

Margins by which the 1,360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2006

Top 20 records on 16 November 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2006	Norwich, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2006	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2006	Kasane, BW	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2006	Canton, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2006	Milstead, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Cornelia, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Toccoa, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Vuonatjviken, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Elkin, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Tlapehuala, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Atlanta 9NW, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Gainesville, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	W Pt, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Batesburg, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Jonesboro, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Ashland, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Binghamton, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2006	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	49 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2006. 2006 had 1,563 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

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Data for records on 2006-11-16: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 50	1,338
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1