Weather Records on 29 November 1977

1,266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1977. Highest significance: Kingston SE, AU.

Key Facts for 29 November 1977

On 29 November 1977, 1,266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 1,190 daily.
Kingston SE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.8 mm (2.9 in) on 29 November 1977.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,266 stations

1,266 station records on 29 November 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Callendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harrow (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tahara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
S Bend AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Perponda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte (Lochaber)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,266 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 820, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 29 November 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	820
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 29 November 1977 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 68, daily 1,190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,128 broken records

Margins by which the 1,128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1977

Top 20 records on 29 November 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1977	Kingston SE, AU	monthly rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 November 1977	Lucindale Post Office, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 November 1977	Dartmoor, AU	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 November 1977	Callington, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	all-time rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Charam, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Kalangadoo, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Callendale, AU	all-time rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1977	Terang, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)

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

1797 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1977. 1977 had 1,266 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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 50	1,091
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1