Weather Records on 5 November 1921

221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1921. Highest significance: Mannum Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 1921

On 5 November 1921, 221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 202 daily.
Mannum Council Depot set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 5 November 1921.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

221 stations

221 station records on 5 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

221 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 5 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 202.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1921

Top 20 records on 5 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1921	Mannum Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Warooka, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Elliston, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Moonta, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1921	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1801 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1921. 1921 had 221 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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Data for records on 1921-11-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	183
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1