With an average mean temperature of 3.1°C, November 2016 goes down as the warmest on record since 1872. This shattered the old record of 1.3°C in 1899 and 1923 by 1.8°C! The last time we broke a monthly record by this margin was in January 2006 when an average mean temperature of -7.4°C broke the old record of -10.6°C in 1944 (record margin of 3.2°C!).
Below is a full list of records broken during our warmest November on record this year in Winnipeg.
Warmest November on Record in Winnipeg,
Manitoba (2016)
Average mean
temperature 3.1°C (previous record: 1.3°C in 1899 and 1923) (breaks old record by 1.8°C!)
Average high
temperature 7.2°C (previous record: 7.1°C in 2009)
Average low temperature -1.0°C (previous
record: -3.2°C in 1923) (breaks old record by 2.2°C!)
2nd Warmest Fall on Record (2016)
Average mean temperature 8.0°C (warmest was 1963 with average of 8.6°C and 2016 beats 7.9°C in 1931)
Average high temperature 12.8°C (tied with 1931 and 2009 for 4th warmest)
Average low temperature 3.3°C (warmest on record, beating 2.9°C in 1931)
Most ''Humid'' November and Fall on Record (2016)
November average dewpoint 0.3°C (breaks old record by 3.2°C (-2.9°C in 2015))
Fall average dewpoint 4.4°C (breaks old record of 3.6°C in 2009)
Daily Temperature Records (6)
Nov 6: 16.7°C high max – Tied with 1975
Nov 6: 7.4°C high min – Old 5.6°C in 1906 and 1922 – Also 4th highest on record in November
Nov 9: 18.8°C high max – Old 14.4°C in 1923 – Also latest date to reach
18°C on record
Nov 9: 4.8°C high min – Old 2.8°C in 1969
Nov 12: 13.6°C high max – Old 13.2°C in 1981
Nov 24: 0.1°C high min – Old 0.0°C in 1988
Daily Dewpoint Records (11)
Nov 4: 9.7°C high max – Old 9.5°C in 1981
Nov 5: 2.2°C high min – Old 1.7°C in 1956
Nov 6: 12.3°C high max – Old 9.4°C in 2000 – Also highest dewpoint
on record in November
Old 11.1°C on Nov 5, 1956
Nov 6: 4.9°C high min – Old 1.4°C in 1977 – Also 3rd highest on record in November
Nov 7: 10.8°C high max – Old 10.4°C in 1977 – Also 3rd highest on record in November
Nov 9: 7.7°C high max – Old 6.1°C in 2010
Nov 23: -0.4°C high min – Old -1.5°C in 2001
Nov 24: -0.2°C high min – Old -0.7°C in 1988
Nov 28: -1.0°C high min – Old -1.1°C in 1998
Nov 29: 3.4°C high max – Old 2.1°C in 1998
Nov 29: -1.5°C high min – Old -2.3°C in 1987
Other records
Nov 22: Latest date to
record first measurable snowfall of the season – Old Nov
21, 1963
Apr 11 to Nov 21 – 225-day period without measurable
snowfall – 3rd longest snow-free period on record
10 days above 10°C - tied with 1981 and 2009 for 2nd most (most was 11 days in 1904)
Streak of 7 days above 10°C - tied with 2009 for 2nd longest (longest was 8 days from Nov 2 to 9, 1963)
10 days above 10°C - tied with 1981 and 2009 for 2nd most (most was 11 days in 1904)
Streak of 7 days above 10°C - tied with 2009 for 2nd longest (longest was 8 days from Nov 2 to 9, 1963)
- Only 5 days dipped below -5°C, breaking the old record of 7 days in 1899.
- Only one day dipped below -10°C, tied with 1912, 1923, 1981 and 2001 for the least on record.
- Only 18 days dipped below freezing, breaking the old record of 20 days set in 2015. Normal is 28 days.
- 28 days exceeded the freezing mark, tied with 2009 for 2nd most. Most was 29 days in 1899.
- 4 days exceeded 15°C, tied with 1903 and 1981 for most on record.
