Weather Records on 23 November 1919

33 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1919. Highest significance: Gospic, HR.

Key Facts for 23 November 1919

On 23 November 1919, 33 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 32 daily.
Gospic set a daily record precipitation of 77.6 mm (3.1 in) on 23 November 1919.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

33 stations

33 station records on 23 November 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

33 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 November 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 November 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 32.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

27 broken records

Margins by which the 27 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1919

Top 20 records on 23 November 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1919	Gospic, HR	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Britstown (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Palermo, IT	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Needles, US	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	5 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	13 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	22 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	21 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	9 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	12 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1919	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	12 years	8 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

1821 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1919. 1919 had 33 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 November 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	23
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1