Weather Records on 2 November 1919

96 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1919. Highest significance: Ferrara, IT.

Key Facts for 2 November 1919

On 2 November 1919, 96 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 94 daily.
Ferrara set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 2 November 1919.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

96 stations

96 station records on 2 November 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

96 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 November 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 November 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 94.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

88 broken records

Margins by which the 88 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1919

Top 20 records on 2 November 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1919	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1919	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Uccle, BE	daily low max	0.2 C (32.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Armagh, GB	daily low max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	67 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Altastenberg, DE	daily low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily low min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Glenville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Plauen, DE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1919	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 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

1805 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1919. 1919 had 96 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	80
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1