Weather Records on 17 November 2009

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 2009. Highest significance: Pawnee City, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 2009

On 17 November 2009, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
480 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 956 daily.
Pawnee City set a daily record snowfall of 15.7 cm (6.2 in) on 17 November 2009.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 17 November 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hiawatha 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Axtell	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Cambock Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shantou	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pattonsburg 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 17 November 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 17 November 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 956.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

844 broken records

Margins by which the 844 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

17 November 2009

Top 20 records on 17 November 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 2009	Pawnee City, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	107 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2009	Eureka 1E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	106 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2009	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 2009	Hiawatha 1 S, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Horton, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	115 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Washington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	115 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Atchison, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Agartala, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Haddam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Madison, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Bremerton, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Axtell, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Lebo, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Maryville 2E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Clifton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Gustavus, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Comondu, MX	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 2009	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	98 years	47 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 986 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

Download the Data

Data for records on 2009-11-17: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	781
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	4