Weather Records on 11 November 1983

1,027 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1983. Highest significance: Gilroy, US.

Key Facts for 11 November 1983

On 11 November 1983, 1,027 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,002 daily.
Gilroy set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 11 November 1983.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,027 stations

1,027 station records on 11 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	373.9 mm (14.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portland 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg 8 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.8 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Rbg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,027 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 613, Heaviest daily snowfall 123, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 11 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	613
Heaviest daily snowfall	123
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 11 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,002.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1983

Top 20 records on 11 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1983	Gilroy, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Pojarkovo, RU	monthly rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Bloomfield, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Winters, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Fremont, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Oberlin, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Kenton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1983	Chiang Rai, TH	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Doyle, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Susanville 2SW, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Greenfield, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Port-Gentil, GA	all-time rain	373.9 mm (14.7 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Portland 1 SW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Columbus, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1983	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 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

1800 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1983. 1983 had 1,027 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	865
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1