Weather Records on 23 November 2017

1,755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 2017. Highest significance: Cleve, AU.

Key Facts for 23 November 2017

On 23 November 2017, 1,755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,424 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,717 daily.
Cleve set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 23 November 2017.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,755 stations

1,755 station records on 23 November 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Klippen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sodersel_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall (Swaffpro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wharminda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wudinna (Lookout)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Torrbole_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terrah Winds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toamasina	Madagascar	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalix_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Ningana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,755 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 833, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 591, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 November 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	833
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	591
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 November 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 1,717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,537 broken records

Margins by which the 1,537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 2017

Top 20 records on 23 November 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 2017	Cleve, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 November 2017	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 November 2017	Arno Bay, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	110 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Vannas, SE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Saint Paul Is AP, US	all-time rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Klippen, SE	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Darke Peak, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Sodersel_D, SE	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 2017	Lock, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Kyancutta, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Murdinga (Mungala), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Ocala, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 2017	Coulta, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	54 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

1821 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 2017. 2017 had 1,755 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	1,483
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1