Weather Records on 26 November 2016

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 2016. Highest significance: Mount Cotton West, AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 2016

On 26 November 2016, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 282 daily.
Mount Cotton West set a daily record precipitation of 109.4 mm (4.3 in) on 26 November 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 26 November 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zahedan	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aioun Elatrouss	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waimea 947	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monto Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaolack	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Cotton Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Usak	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Portage	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 2016

Top 20 records on 26 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 2016	Mount Cotton West, AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Chengde, CN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Auburn, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Poronajsk, RU	daily low min	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Kalpowar Forestry, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Thermopolis, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Gyshgy, TM	daily low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Dachen Dao, CN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Navacerrada, ES	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Dushanbe, TJ	daily low max	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Bellingham Intl AP, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Baudette, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Beverley Springs, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Xiamen, CN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Kutaisi, GE	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2016	Phuket Airport, TH	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2016	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2016	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1838 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 2016. 2016 had 293 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 10	222
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1