Weather Records on 19 November 1983

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1983. Highest significance: Knysna (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 19 November 1983

On 19 November 1983, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 738 daily.
Knysna (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 19 November 1983.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 19 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Niobrara	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borzomi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choma	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canistota 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 19 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 19 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1983

Top 20 records on 19 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1983	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 November 1983	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 November 1983	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Beulah, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Wells, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Izmail, UA	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Malboona, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Cape Agulhas, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Nanaimo A, CA	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Izana, ES	daily rain	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Entrance, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Maristova, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1983	Wells, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	44 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

1793 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 755 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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	608
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1