Weather Records on 16 November 2016

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2016. Highest significance: W Pt, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 2016

On 16 November 2016, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
666 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 956 daily.
W Pt set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 16 November 2016.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 16 November 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendale 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kochki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bredy	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoozersk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 411, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 16 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	411
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 956.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2016

Top 20 records on 16 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2016	W Pt, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Troy L&D, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Moran 5WNW, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Boulder, US	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Kirov, RU	daily low max	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Rosendale 2 E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Kochki, RU	daily low max	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Ashland, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Wallace, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Madrid, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	119 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Meade, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Richfield, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Wallace, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Loa, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Pavillion, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Kilauea 1134, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2016	Mojave, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2016. 2016 had 986 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 5	690
5 to 10	79
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1