Weather Records on 20 November 2016

725 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2016. Highest significance: Jarud Qi, CN.

Key Facts for 20 November 2016

On 20 November 2016, 725 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 704 daily.
Jarud Qi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 20 November 2016.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

725 stations

725 station records on 20 November 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jarud Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mariestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Jewett	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bournemouth	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzylorda	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamap/Malekoula Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumiha	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lemoore Reeves NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nephi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Harmony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kungrad	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoozersk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bredy	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottertail	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Semijarka	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

725 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 20 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 20 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2016

Top 20 records on 20 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2016	Jarud Qi, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2016	Binghamton, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2016	Mariestad, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	20.5 cm (8.1 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Middle Point, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Newry, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Shaoguan, CN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	San Juan L M Marin Intl AP, PR	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Arkville 2 W, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	E Jewett, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Bournemouth, GB	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Kyzylorda, KZ	daily low min	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	131 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Independence, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2016	Atyrau, KZ	daily low max	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 years	42 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

1793 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 725 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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 50	582
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1