Weather Records on 6 November 1916

127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1916. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1916

On 6 November 1916, 127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 124 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 6 November 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

127 stations

127 station records on 6 November 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

127 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 6 November 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 November 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1916

Top 20 records on 6 November 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1916	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1916	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Melrose, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Freeling Railway, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Angaston, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Mount Bute, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Cundare South, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1916	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 years	20 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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 127 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	72
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	2