Weather Records on 27 November 1920

98 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1920. Highest significance: Cape Borda Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 27 November 1920

On 27 November 1920, 98 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 96 daily.
Cape Borda Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 27 November 1920.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

98 stations

98 station records on 27 November 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

98 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 27 November 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 November 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 96.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1920

Top 20 records on 27 November 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1920	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1920	Stokes, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1920	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1920	Normanville, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1920	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1920	Redhill, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Gunnedah Pool, AU	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Warooka, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Willunga, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Coulta, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Cowell, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Maitland, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1920	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 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

1793 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 98 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 27 November 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	58
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1