Portal:Weather/On this day list/November

November 1: Start of the Australian region and South Pacific cyclone seasons

1974: AMeDAS, a network for gathering weather data around the islands of Japan, began operation.

November 2

1997: Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Vietnamese province of Ca Mau. More than 3000 people died, mostly on fishing boats.

November 3

2015: Cyclone Chapala, the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Gulf of Aden, made landfall in mainland Yemen, killing at least 9 people.

November 4

1993: China Airlines Flight 605 overran the runway at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong and crashed into Victoria Harbour while attempting to land during Tropical Storm Ira. There were no major injuries, and all passengers and crew were able to escape safely before the plane sank.

November 5

1991: Tropical Storm Thelma caused major flooding in the Philippines, killing more than 5000 people.

November 6

2009: Heavy rain began in the country of El Salvador, continuing for several days. This would eventually lead to major flooding and landslides that killed nearly 200 people.

November 7

2006: Japan's deadliest tornado since World War II destroyed several buildings and killed 9 people in Saroma, Hokkaido.

November 8

2014: The strongest storm ever recorded in the Bering Sea reached peak intensity.

November 9

1913: The deadliest storm ever to hit the Great Lakes destroyed 19 ships and killed 250 people.

November 10

1967: The ESSA-6 weather satellite was launched.

November 11

2009: Cyclone Phyan made landfall in the state of Maharashtra, India, causing very heavy rain that lead to the deaths of 20 people.

November 12

1961: Hurricane Tara struck the Mexican state of Guerrero, killing as many as 500 people.

November 13

1972: A major extratropical cyclone known as Cyclone Quimburga struck northern and central Europe, causing severe damage and wind gusts as high as 245 kilometres per hour (152 mph).

November 14

2013: Tropical Storm Podul made landfall in southern Vietnam, bringing up to 973 millimetres (38.3 in) of rain to the Quảng Ngãi Province, and causing major flooding that killed 42 people.

November 15: Start of the South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

1989: Dozens were killed in a severe weather outbreak across the eastern half of North America, mainly in the Southeastern and Northeastern United States.

November 16

2020: Hurricane Iota, the 31st and final tropical cyclone of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 km/h).

November 17

2017: Cyclone Numa became a subtropical cyclone in an unusual location: the western Mediterranean Sea.

November 18

2017: The NOAA-20 weather satellite was launched.

November 19

1421: St. Elizabeth's flood killed 2,000 or more people in the present-day Netherlands.

November 20

2007: Cyclone Guba reached peak intensity as it drifted near Papua New Guinea, causing flooding which would kill 149 people.

November 21

1971: Tropical Storm Laura made landfall in Belize, causing only minor damage.

November 22

2020: Cyclone Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike Somalia, made landfall near Hafun, killing 9 people.

November 23

1992: Typhoon Gay made landfall on the island of Guam. Due to the storm's strong winds and relative lack of rain, salt water that sprayed across the island caused extensive damage to vegetation.

November 24

1969: Hurricane Martha made landfall in the Veraguas Province of Panama, making it the only known tropical cyclone to directly hit the country.

November 25

1950: The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 brought up to 57 inches (145 cm) of snow to areas in and near the Appalachian Mountains.

November 26

1997: Cyclone Osea reached peak intensity while passing through French Polynesia, destroying most buildings and infrastructure on Maupiti.

November 27

1701: Anders Celsius, inventor of the Celsius temperature scale used in most countries, was born in Uppsala, Sweden.

November 28

1939: A smog event struck St. Louis, Missouri. The smog was so thick that cars needed headlights to drive during mid-day.

November 29

1992: A series of unusually powerful storms produced flash flooding, large hailstones, and two strong tornadoes in southeastern Queensland, Australia.

November 30: End of the East Pacific, Central Pacific and Atlantic hurricane seasons

1925: A late-season tropical storm made landfall just south of Tampa, Florida, eventually killing dozens of people, mostly due to sinking ships.