WEATHER LOWDOWN. November sees temperatures in Venice drop quite dramatically. Be prepared to bring your umbrella in case of moderate rain, especially near the end of the month. The average temperature only gets as high as 12Â°C (that's about 54Â°F), with minimum temperatures being around lows of 4Â°C (about 39Â°F).
land speed record. The current world land speed record stands at 763.035 mph, as set in October 1997 by British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green driving the jet-powered Thrust SSC. Green is looking to break his own record and has a new team and a new car behind him.
Donald Campbell thus became the most prolific water speed record breaker of all time. At this time the world speed record (200.42 mph) for piston-powered propeller-driven boats was held by the George Simons' Miss U.S. I at 322.54 km/h (200.42 mph). This record was set at Guntersville, Alabama in 1962 by Roy Duby and stood for 38 years.