Most Extreme November Weather You've ever Experienced (snowing, hot, recorded)

[FVWinters]

Here in Oregon's Willamette Valley there haven't been too many extreme Novembers.
Two do stand out. In 1981 we has a windstorm blow through that produced gusts that exceeded even the Great Costal Gale of 2007 and would have been equally destructive had it lasted as long. From start to finish it blew maybe 4 hours...
The biggie, though, was the month long cold snap of 1985. The only significant snow accumulation I ever saw in a November in the nearly 45 years I have lived in the Valley gave us about 4 inches the 29th-30th. We missed al all time record low temperature for the month on the 22nd by one degree and we ended up the month with a 7.2 (4) degree deficit as compared to the 30 year average (1960-1991 - which was the coldest 30 year stretch since the teens). This November and one in 1896 were the only two that had average temperatures colder than January norms.

[Jakobsli]

The record low for November in Norway was set way back in 1904, with -41.8C recorded on the 28. November in Karasjok.
The heat record for November in Norway is more much more recent, when Tafjord recorded 21.8C on the 6. November 2003.
The wettest day ever recorded in November in Norway was on the 26. back in 1940, when Indre Matre (not far from Bergen) recorded 229.6mm of rain.

And I remember well the extremely cold November 2010, when Trondheim recorded the coldest November in 91 years, with a mean temperature of -3.9C.
http://http://www.verogvind.net/read...eadmoreid=2812

However, the next year, 2011, November was the warmest in Norway as a whole in recorded history (which for the country as a whole goes back to 1900). The warmest mean temperature (24-hr average) this month was 9.8C at Svinøy Lighthouse.

[The East Frisian]

Some November events here:

Very warm start of November in 2005, with a high of 18.3°C which almost topped our alltime November record of 18.4°C set in 1968.

And except the contrary in 1993 when we had 3 consecutive ice days in a row, with the lowest being almost -6°C on the 21st! Ponds were quickly freezing over.

Another event was the unusual dry November of 2011- only 4.2 mm of rain fell in the whole month, while our longterm average is 71 mm.

As for cold lows, the coldest i personally experienced was -6.8°C on the night of the 28th November 2010, our alltime low was -10.2°C on the 30th November 1973- but this was well before i was born.

Another event before my time was also the destructive Gale "Quimburga" (which is just called "Niedersachsenorkan" Lower Saxony Gale) of 13th November 1972, which brought wind gusts up to 150 km/h (90 mph) and average wind speeds up to 110 km/h (70 mph). Caused wide spread damage, at least 54 fatalities (22 in Lower Saxony alone) and alone in my town several hundred injured persons through bursting and broken glass.

[ben86]

Originally Posted by FVWinters

Here in Oregon's Willamette Valley there haven't been too many extreme Novembers.
Two do stand out. In 1981 we has a windstorm blow through that produced gusts that exceeded even the Great Costal Gale of 2007 and would have been equally destructive had it lasted as long. From start to finish it blew maybe 4 hours...
The biggie, though, was the month long cold snap of 1985. The only significant snow accumulation I ever saw in a November in the nearly 45 years I have lived in the Valley gave us about 4 inches the 29th-30th. We missed al all time record low temperature for the month on the 22nd by one degree and we ended up the month with a 7.2 (4) degree deficit as compared to the 30 year average (1960-1991 - which was the coldest 30 year stretch since the teens). This November and one in 1896 were the only two that had average temperatures colder than January norms.

Odd how November 1985 was abnormally cold in parts of western North America as well as here - I don't remember that month at all, but it was (still is) the coldest since 1925 with an average nationwide of 4.1 C, slightly colder than what we'd get on average for January. Looking at the records for my local station though it seems like persistent chill rather than any particularly special cold wave.

[Mhc1985]

I will bring to you a different approach. As I am from the southern hemisphere, November is equivalent to the northern May. Here in Buenos Aires daily extremes average 15C/25C this month. However in Nov 2007 there was a very unusual and late 'cold spell' and the temps reached 2.5C in November 15th. Many sub-zero temperatures were recorded inland in central parts of the country.

[Siberian High]

November 2010, it was 74 degrees on the 3rd, and 14 degrees on the 24th. For a Midwestern city, it's not that impressive, but for Seattle it is.

[miamihurricane555]

November really isn't all that extreme here but I would say this november has been the most extreme so far with it's constant rain and above avg temps.

[arctic_gardener]

I don't think even Saskatoon has dipped that low in November. The coldest I've seen occurred this November: -31 C.

[Glacierx]

November is the wettest month of the year in many parts of BC, and has the lowest diurnal temperature variation in even more spots. Despite this, we have had some dry ones. The last extremely dry November was 1979 when several spots recorded 0.0 mm of precipitation. The precipitation-less November covered an area from 51.9 N, 124.6 W to 56.65 N, 120.767 W.

[cocaseco]

November 25, 1983 in Denver, Colorado, a record 21" snowfall that was upwards of 30" at many western suburban locations. Snowed for 37 hours and the snow on the ground lasted for a record 63 days. That is a pretty impressive record that still stands today (I think) especially when you consider Denver snow almost always melts in a few days, or week tops.