Weather Records on 16 November 2012

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2012. Highest significance: Soyalo (Cfe), MX.

Key Facts for 16 November 2012

On 16 November 2012, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 319 daily.
Soyalo (Cfe) set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 16 November 2012.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 16 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dele	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Norte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cueramaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Hermosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Guadalupe (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.7 C (110.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laurinburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakun'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vjatskie Poljany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2012

Top 20 records on 16 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Mount Hart Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Hazlehurst, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Saentis, CH	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Pleasant Grove, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Brunette Downs, AU	monthly low min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Zugspitze, DE	daily high min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Sumter, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Ahuacatlan, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2012	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Lima, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Salinas AP, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Tlacotepec, MX	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Port of Morgan, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2012	Nanchang, CN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2012. 2012 had 328 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	234
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	4