Weather Records on 17 November 1920

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1920. Highest significance: Buffalo, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1920

On 17 November 1920, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 189 daily.
Buffalo set a monthly record daily snowfall of 36.6 cm (14.4 in) on 17 November 1920.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 17 November 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 26.

Records on 17 November 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 November 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1920

Top 20 records on 17 November 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1920	Buffalo, US	monthly snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1920	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Calga, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Vineland, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Millie, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1920	Baradine Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1920	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	33 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 193 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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 50	165
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1