Weather Records on 16 November 2013

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2013. Highest significance: Riversdale, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 November 2013

On 16 November 2013, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
410 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 653 daily.
Riversdale set a daily record precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 16 November 2013.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 16 November 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windang Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Limon	Costa Rica	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lleida	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bramon	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mjolkbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noisy Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley (Northcliffe Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Gaviotas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sundsvalls Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Beach (Sunrise Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 November 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 November 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2013

Top 20 records on 16 November 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2013	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 November 2013	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2013	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	116 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2013	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Vryheid, ZA	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Hemavan, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave), AU	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Windang Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Snowball, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Falun, SE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Ft Valley, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Ruidoso, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Hvar, HR	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Bomnak, RU	daily high min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2013	Puerto Limon, CR	all-time high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	40 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2013. 2013 had 660 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 2026-10-17 (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	503
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1