Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021

Name: Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021
Start: 2021-11-07
End: 2021-11-23
Location: Australia

Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021: 326 records at 152 stations, peak on 14 November 2021. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021 set or tied 326 station records at 152 stations.
It ran from 7 November 2021 to 23 November 2021 (17 days) and its peak day was 14 November 2021.
Status: closed.
Robe Comparison set a daily record low minimum temperature of 3.6 C (38.5 F) on 18 November 2021.
The busiest day was 14 November 2021 with 72 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 104 years.

Footprint

7 to 23 November 2021

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Robe Comparison	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2021-11-18
Mount Gambier Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2021-11-20
Parafield Airport	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	2021-11-11
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	2021-11-15
Kyancutta	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2021-11-11
Yongala	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	2021-11-11
Oodnadatta Airport	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2021-11-12
Broken Hill Airport AWS	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2021-11-11
Mount Wellington	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	2021-11-15
Streaky Bay	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2021-11-11
Kimba	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2021-11-11
Balranald (Rsl)	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2021-11-12
Coffs Harbour Mo	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	2021-11-14
Essendon Airport	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	2021-11-12
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	2021-11-15
Isisford Post Office	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2021-11-13
Barcaldine Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2021-11-14
Mildura Airport	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2021-11-20

Records per Day

Peak day 72

Records set or tied each day from 7 November 2021 to 23 November 2021. The most in one day was 72 on 14 November 2021.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021
Date	Records
2021-11-07	1
2021-11-09	1
2021-11-10	5
2021-11-11	23
2021-11-12	61
2021-11-13	54
2021-11-14	72
2021-11-15	52
2021-11-16	23
2021-11-17	3
2021-11-18	3
2021-11-19	3
2021-11-20	17
2021-11-21	6
2021-11-22	1
2021-11-23	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021 ranked by margin
Isisford Post Office, 11-13	4.3 C (7.7 F)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park), 11-15	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Barcaldine Post Office, 11-14	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Yongala, 11-11	3.4 C (6.1 F)
Oodnadatta Airport, 11-12	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Streaky Bay, 11-11	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Kimba, 11-11	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Mildura Airport, 11-20	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Coffs Harbour Mo, 11-16	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Robe Comparison, 11-18	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Mount Gambier Post Office, 11-20	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Broken Hill Airport AWS, 11-11	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Coffs Harbour Mo, 11-14	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Balranald (Rsl), 11-12	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road), 11-15	0.9 C (1.6 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

326 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.4	104
1.3	99
0.1	72
0.9	88
0.9	59
2.2	80
3.4	50
1.2	59
0.6	80
0.4	58
2.1	45
2.0	45
1.0	50
1.1	70
3.6	40
1.5	63
0.5	74
3.6	43
4.3	43
1.6	67
1.3	63
3.9	29
3.8	21
3.2	43
1.6	60
3.6	43
3.1	56
3.0	43
3.3	56
0.8	63
0.2	60
1.5	58
3.7	43
3.3	50
0.5	64
4.6	43
3.3	50
0.2	56
0.8	62
1.6	60
3.5	48
2.0	55
1.2	63
2.1	56
2.5	56
1.5	56
0.1	63
1.4	21
0.4	60
1.3	56
1.5	27
1.7	29
2.4	52
2.1	55
2.2	52
2.9	52
1.4	55
1.9	55
2.7	52
0.8	55
0.8	63
0.6	63
3.4	47
1.4	56
1.5	54
4.7	35
2.2	50
1.1	56
0.1	32
0.8	56
0.2	27
0.9	39
1.6	48
0.9	55
1.7	47
1.4	52
0.7	55
1.4	50
1.4	55
0.2	29
1.4	47
1.3	50
0.6	50
1.9	43
3.5	18
1.5	48
2.1	43
1.1	47
1.1	52
3.1	38
5.6	16
0.5	55
1.3	52
6.3	20
2.4	43
1.3	52
0.8	56
0.4	56
3.7	16
2.6	40
1.0	48
1.2	43
1.4	46
2.3	40
0.7	47
1.0	47
2.3	40
2.0	40
3.0	35
1.8	47
0.3	55
0.9	52
1.0	50
0.2	55
1.6	47
0.5	56
0.5	43
5.0	23
5.5	19
3.7	28
0.6	47
0.2	52
0.9	48
0.6	48
2.0	40
0.4	50
0.8	47
5.9	16
1.8	40
3.3	22
1.1	43
3.2	36
0.2	48
0.6	43
5.8	18
0.6	19
0.3	43
1.0	43
1.5	43
4.0	23
1.5	43
0.9	43
0.5	17
2.3	23
0.1	43
2.6	28
0.8	43
0.1	40
2.6	32
0.8	36
0.3	43
1.7	30
0.8	35
1.4	35
0.9	38
0.4	43
2.7	28
4.4	20
2.5	28
5.1	16
2.0	23
1.3	28
2.9	28
2.2	26
0.5	35
2.0	24
0.5	39
1.9	15
0.1	27
1.6	23
1.4	28
0.5	38
0.8	28
3.1	28
2.1	27
0.7	18
2.7	4
2.1	16
0.1	35
2.0	23
0.5	32
1.0	26
1.0	26
2.8	15
0.7	32
1.5	24
2.0	26
5.4	8
0.2	27
1.1	23
0.6	35
1.2	24
0.9	28
1.1	27
2.9	15
3.7	18
3.3	16
1.9	20
0.1	32
0.1	28

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021 (this event)	326 records

Every Record Set

20 of 326

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Australia, 7 to 23 November 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-11-11	Parafield Airport	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72	39 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-11	Kyancutta	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	59	37 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-11	Yongala	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	50	36 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-11	Broken Hill Airport AWS	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	59	35 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-11	Streaky Bay	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	45	32 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-11	Kimba	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	45	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-12	Oodnadatta Airport	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80	36 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-12	Parafield Airport	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80	33 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-12	Balranald (Rsl)	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	50	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-12	Essendon Airport	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74	30 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-13	Isisford Post Office	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	43	29 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-14	Coffs Harbour Mo	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-14	Barcaldine Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	43	29 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-15	Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	88	39 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-15	Mount Wellington	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	58	33 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-15	Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	40	30 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-16	Coffs Harbour Mo	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	63	30 of 100 (Routine)
2021-11-18	Robe Comparison	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	104	45 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-20	Mount Gambier Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	99	43 of 100 (Notable)
2021-11-20	Mildura Airport	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 326 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.4	104
1.3	99
0.1	72
0.9	88
0.9	59
2.2	80
3.4	50
1.2	59
0.6	80
0.4	58
2.1	45
2.0	45
1.0	50
1.1	70
3.6	40
1.5	63
0.5	74
3.6	43
4.3	43
1.6	67
1.3	63
3.9	29
3.8	21
3.2	43
1.6	60
3.6	43
3.1	56
3.0	43
3.3	56
0.8	63
0.2	60
1.5	58
3.7	43
3.3	50
0.5	64
4.6	43
3.3	50
0.2	56
0.8	62
1.6	60
3.5	48
2.0	55
1.2	63
2.1	56
2.5	56
1.5	56
0.1	63
1.4	21
0.4	60
1.3	56
1.5	27
1.7	29
2.4	52
2.1	55
2.2	52
2.9	52
1.4	55
1.9	55
2.7	52
0.8	55
0.8	63
0.6	63
3.4	47
1.4	56
1.5	54
4.7	35
2.2	50
1.1	56
0.1	32
0.8	56
0.2	27
0.9	39
1.6	48
0.9	55
1.7	47
1.4	52
0.7	55
1.4	50
1.4	55
0.2	29
1.4	47
1.3	50
0.6	50
1.9	43
3.5	18
1.5	48
2.1	43
1.1	47
1.1	52
3.1	38
5.6	16
0.5	55
1.3	52
6.3	20
2.4	43
1.3	52
0.8	56
0.4	56
3.7	16
2.6	40
1.0	48
1.2	43
1.4	46
2.3	40
0.7	47
1.0	47
2.3	40
2.0	40
3.0	35
1.8	47
0.3	55
0.9	52
1.0	50
0.2	55
1.6	47
0.5	56
0.5	43
5.0	23
5.5	19
3.7	28
0.6	47
0.2	52
0.9	48
0.6	48
2.0	40
0.4	50
0.8	47
5.9	16
1.8	40
3.3	22
1.1	43
3.2	36
0.2	48
0.6	43
5.8	18
0.6	19
0.3	43
1.0	43
1.5	43
4.0	23
1.5	43
0.9	43
0.5	17
2.3	23
0.1	43
2.6	28
0.8	43
0.1	40
2.6	32
0.8	36
0.3	43
1.7	30
0.8	35
1.4	35
0.9	38
0.4	43
2.7	28
4.4	20
2.5	28
5.1	16
2.0	23
1.3	28
2.9	28
2.2	26
0.5	35
2.0	24
0.5	39
1.9	15
0.1	27
1.6	23
1.4	28
0.5	38
0.8	28
3.1	28
2.1	27
0.7	18
2.7	4
2.1	16
0.1	35
2.0	23
0.5	32
1.0	26
1.0	26
2.8	15
0.7	32
1.5	24
2.0	26
5.4	8
0.2	27
1.1	23
0.6	35
1.2	24
0.9	28
1.1	27
2.9	15
3.7	18
3.3	16
1.9	20
0.1	32
0.1	28

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.4	104
1.3	99
0.1	72
0.9	88
0.9	59
2.2	80
3.4	50
1.2	59
0.6	80
0.4	58
2.1	45
2.0	45
1.0	50
1.1	70
3.6	40
1.5	63
0.5	74
3.6	43
4.3	43
1.6	67
1.3	63
3.9	29
3.8	21
3.2	43
1.6	60
3.6	43
3.1	56
3.0	43
3.3	56
0.8	63
0.2	60
1.5	58
3.7	43
3.3	50
0.5	64
4.6	43
3.3	50
0.2	56
0.8	62
1.6	60
3.5	48
2.0	55
1.2	63
2.1	56
2.5	56
1.5	56
0.1	63
1.4	21
0.4	60
1.3	56
1.5	27
1.7	29
2.4	52
2.1	55
2.2	52
2.9	52
1.4	55
1.9	55
2.7	52
0.8	55
0.8	63
0.6	63
3.4	47
1.4	56
1.5	54
4.7	35
2.2	50
1.1	56
0.1	32
0.8	56
0.2	27
0.9	39
1.6	48
0.9	55
1.7	47
1.4	52
0.7	55
1.4	50
1.4	55
0.2	29
1.4	47
1.3	50
0.6	50
1.9	43
3.5	18
1.5	48
2.1	43
1.1	47
1.1	52
3.1	38
5.6	16
0.5	55
1.3	52
6.3	20
2.4	43
1.3	52
0.8	56
0.4	56
3.7	16
2.6	40
1.0	48
1.2	43
1.4	46
2.3	40
0.7	47
1.0	47
2.3	40
2.0	40
3.0	35
1.8	47
0.3	55
0.9	52
1.0	50
0.2	55
1.6	47
0.5	56
0.5	43
5.0	23
5.5	19
3.7	28
0.6	47
0.2	52
0.9	48
0.6	48
2.0	40
0.4	50
0.8	47
5.9	16
1.8	40
3.3	22
1.1	43
3.2	36
0.2	48
0.6	43
5.8	18
0.6	19
0.3	43
1.0	43
1.5	43
4.0	23
1.5	43
0.9	43
0.5	17
2.3	23
0.1	43
2.6	28
0.8	43
0.1	40
2.6	32
0.8	36
0.3	43
1.7	30
0.8	35
1.4	35
0.9	38
0.4	43
2.7	28
4.4	20
2.5	28
5.1	16
2.0	23
1.3	28
2.9	28
2.2	26
0.5	35
2.0	24
0.5	39
1.9	15
0.1	27
1.6	23
1.4	28
0.5	38
0.8	28
3.1	28
2.1	27
0.7	18
2.7	4
2.1	16
0.1	35
2.0	23
0.5	32
1.0	26
1.0	26
2.8	15
0.7	32
1.5	24
2.0	26
5.4	8
0.2	27
1.1	23
0.6	35
1.2	24
0.9	28
1.1	27
2.9	15
3.7	18
3.3	16
1.9	20
0.1	32
0.1	28