Weather Records on 21 November 1916

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1916. Highest significance: Blayney Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 November 1916

On 21 November 1916, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 66 daily.
Blayney Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 21 November 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 21 November 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Olives	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Oxley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Killalpaninna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Momba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 21 November 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 November 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1916

Top 20 records on 21 November 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1916	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1916	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1916	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Dinby, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Sussex, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Mantova, IT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Winbar, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	The Olives, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Vinga, SE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1916	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	27 years	20 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

1803 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1916. 1916 had 66 records.

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

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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

Margin	Records
0 to 5	35
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1