Weather Records on 17 November 2006

1,389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 2006. Highest significance: Valdosta 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 2006

On 17 November 2006, 1,389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
883 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,334 daily.
Valdosta 2 S set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 17 November 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,389 stations

1,389 station records on 17 November 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kalajoki Metsakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muhos Kk Laitasaari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
II Yli-Olhava	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stavropol (Amsg)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hailuoto Ojakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrnava Temmes	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ylikiiminki Nuoritta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvia Ruotsalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalajoki Pitkasenkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,389 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 483, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 400, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 17 November 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	483
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	400
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 17 November 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 54, daily 1,334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,220 broken records

Margins by which the 1,220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 2006

Top 20 records on 17 November 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 2006	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2006	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2006	Kalajoki Metsakyla, FI	monthly rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2006	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Smithfield, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Little Port Walter, US	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Muhos Kk Laitasaari, FI	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	II Yli-Olhava, FI	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Stavropol (Amsg), RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Hailuoto Ojakyla, FI	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Tyrnava Temmes, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Ylikiiminki Nuoritta, FI	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2006	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	110 years	48 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,389 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	1,214
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1