Weather Records on 21 November 2012

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 2012. Highest significance: Kellogg, US.

Key Facts for 21 November 2012

On 21 November 2012, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
655 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 782 daily.
Kellogg set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 21 November 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 21 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ouessant	France	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magadan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Combination	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shiquanhe	China	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 367, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	367
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 2012

Top 20 records on 21 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 2012	Kellogg, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Daly Creek, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Ola, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Ouessant, FR	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Ft Robinson, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Howard, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Boulder, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Stanley, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Culbertson, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Superior, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	De Smet, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Crete 4ESE, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	De Smet, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Wessington Springs, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2012	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	39 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

1803 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2012. 2012 had 792 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	615
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1