Weather Records on 17 November 1921

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1921. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 17 November 1921

On 17 November 1921, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 42 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 17 November 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 17 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 15, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

33 broken records

Margins by which the 33 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1921

Top 20 records on 17 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1921	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1921	Athens, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1921	Mena, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1921	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Falmouth, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Batesville, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Houston Wb City, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Stuttgart, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1921	Brinkley, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	19 years	14 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 43 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 November 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	24
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1