Weather Records on 15 November 1921

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1921. Highest significance: Point Escuminac, CA.

Key Facts for 15 November 1921

On 15 November 1921, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 54 daily.
Point Escuminac set a daily record snowfall of 15.7 cm (6.2 in) on 15 November 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 15 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1921

Top 20 records on 15 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1921	Point Escuminac, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1921	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1921	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1921	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Beachport, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low max	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	41 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Chatham, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Needles, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1921	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	31 years	15 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 56 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 50	46
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1