Weather Records on 16 November 2021

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2021. Highest significance: Pokegama Dam, US.

Key Facts for 16 November 2021

On 16 November 2021, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
435 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 516 daily.
Pokegama Dam set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 16 November 2021.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 16 November 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philip AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skq Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 November 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 November 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2021

Top 20 records on 16 November 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2021	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2021	Karwar, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	131 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Bonners Ferry, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Kellogg, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Basin, US	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Xilin Hot, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Spearfish, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Colville, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Stevensville, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Austin #2, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Cascade Locks, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	125 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Oshkosh, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Holyoke, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Bridgeport, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2021	Ft Collins, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	125 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2021. 2021 had 526 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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Data for records on 2021-11-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	402
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1