Weather Records on 16 November 2011

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2011. Highest significance: Kenton, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 2011

On 16 November 2011, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 767 daily.
Kenton set a daily record precipitation of 95.5 mm (3.8 in) on 16 November 2011.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 16 November 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Katterjakk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bude	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casillas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Country Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Allen	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 November 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 November 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 767.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2011

Top 20 records on 16 November 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2011	Kenton, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2011	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Lattakia, SY	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Georgetown, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Katterjakk, SE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Iwamizawa, JP	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Keiser, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Martin U of T Branch Exp STN, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Steigen, NO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Newport, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Ripley, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	131 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Oaknolia 2N, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Colville, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Saetermoen II, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2011	Bude, GB	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 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

1805 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2011. 2011 had 789 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 2011-11-16: 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 20	525
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1