Weather Records on 17 November 2012

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 2012. Highest significance: Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES.

Key Facts for 17 November 2012

On 17 November 2012, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 386 daily.
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr set a daily record precipitation of 122.0 mm (4.8 in) on 17 November 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

392 stations

392 station records on 17 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalie Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dele	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aioun Elatrouss	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neuquen Aero	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timimoun	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cueramaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Media Luna	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deqen	China	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granada/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Finike	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Truchas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Wheeler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Modesto AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 17 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 17 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 2012

Top 20 records on 17 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 2012	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 November 2012	Hirado, JP	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	J.G.H. van der Wath Airp, NA	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Fukaura, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Cordova N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Souda Airport, GR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	San Pedro, MX	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Santa Cruz, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Rosalie Plains, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Obrestad Fyr, NO	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	San Felipe, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Zugspitze, DE	daily high max	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Stavanger - Valand, NO	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Winters, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2012	Brisbane Aero, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 2012	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 2012	Sola, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	32 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

1793 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 392 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 2026-10-15 (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 50	281
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1