Weather Records on 7 November 1996

2,102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1996. Highest significance: Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU.

Key Facts for 7 November 1996

On 7 November 1996, 2,102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
710 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 2,015 daily.
Drake (Village Resource Centre set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 7 November 1996.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 7 November 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Loeriesfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sarelsrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ploegfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keystone Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wolhaarkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,102 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 310, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 400, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 1,136, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 7 November 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	310
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	400
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	1,136
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 7 November 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 86, daily 2,015.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,791 broken records

Margins by which the 1,791 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

7 November 1996

Top 20 records on 7 November 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1996	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	97 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Houston, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Grafton, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Caplinger Mills, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Warsaw, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	Waynesville 2 W, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1996	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1996	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1996	Yallalong, AU	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	95 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1996	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	121 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

1794 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 2,102 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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Data for records on 1996-11-07: 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 50	1,742
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3