Weather Records on 1 November 1997

1,273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1997. Highest significance: Koroit, AU.

Key Facts for 1 November 1997

On 1 November 1997, 1,273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 126 monthly and 1,146 daily.
Koroit set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 1 November 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,273 stations

1,273 station records on 1 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Naracoorte (Lochaber)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coojar (Killara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bold Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Apoinga (Wilivere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Netherton (Desert Fringe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Callendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,273 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 390, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 527, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 1 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	390
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 1 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 126, daily 1,146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,010 broken records

Margins by which the 1,010 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1997

Top 20 records on 1 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1997	Koroit, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Branxholme, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Leslie Manor (Boolarra), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Naracoorte (Lochaber), AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	123 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Drik Drik, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Yankalilla (Inman Valley), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Meningie, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Darlington (Ware Street), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1997	Frances, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	62 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

1805 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1997. 1997 had 1,273 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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Data for records on 1997-11-01: 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 20	905
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1