Weather Records on 21 November 2016

1,000 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 2016. Highest significance: Camden, US.

Key Facts for 21 November 2016

On 21 November 2016, 1,000 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 951 daily.
Camden set a monthly record daily snowfall of 67.3 cm (26.5 in) on 21 November 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,000 stations

1,000 station records on 21 November 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Huade	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Camden	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malone	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chalk Hill 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bevendale (Riverview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dams	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
High Mowthorpe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham: Watnall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,000 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 21 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 21 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

854 broken records

Margins by which the 854 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 2016

Top 20 records on 21 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 2016	Camden, US	monthly snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	57 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Susquehanna, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Brewerton Lock 23, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Huade, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Clyde Lock 26, US	monthly snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Binghamton, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Pine Rvr Dam, US	monthly snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 November 2016	Camden, US	monthly snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Brewerton Lock 23, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Candor 2SE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Waterloo, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Jixi, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Changchun, CN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Durham, GB	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Bennetts Brg, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Waterloo, US	monthly snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2016	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	52 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2016. 2016 had 1,000 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	799
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	3