Weather Records on 20 November 1914

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1914. Highest significance: Wellington (Agrowplow), AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1914

On 20 November 1914, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 84 daily.
Wellington (Agrowplow) set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 20 November 1914.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 20 November 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Llangollen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jumble Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerslie 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 20 November 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 November 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

79 broken records

Margins by which the 79 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1914

Top 20 records on 20 November 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1914	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1914	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1914	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Montgomery Wb City, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Bic, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Portland, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Llangollen, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Chattanooga Wb City, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Montgomery Wb City, US	monthly low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Kirov, RU	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Jumble Plains, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Dartmouth, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1914	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 89 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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Sources: 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)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	72
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1