Weather Records on 15 November 1920

184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1920. Highest significance: Malmsbury Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1920

On 15 November 1920, 184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 173 daily.
Malmsbury Reservoir set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 15 November 1920.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

184 stations

184 station records on 15 November 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Germains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangamana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

184 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 15 November 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 November 1920 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 173.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1920

Top 20 records on 15 November 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1920	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Palermo, IT	daily rain	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	St Germains, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Grantville, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Victoria Valley, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Stawell, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Brighton Middle, AU	all-time rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Cowes, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1920	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 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

1794 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 184 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 10	109
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1