Weather Records on 12 November 2001

772 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 2001. Highest significance: Russell Island, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 2001

On 12 November 2001, 772 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 760 daily.
Russell Island set a daily record precipitation of 80.2 mm (3.2 in) on 12 November 2001.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

772 stations

772 station records on 12 November 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
En Nahud	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traveston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemoore Reeves NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karragarra Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goondicum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara Romley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

772 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 November 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 November 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 760.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 2001

Top 20 records on 12 November 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 2001	Russell Island, AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2001	Gympie, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	98 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2001	Mount Cotton West, AU	daily rain	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2001	Wandoo, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2001	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	En Nahud, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Traveston, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Sonoma, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Verma, NO	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Woolooga, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Leona Vicario, MX	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Norddal, NO	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2001	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	107 years	43 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

1802 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 772 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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Data for records on 2001-11-12: 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	637
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1