Weather Records on 21 November 1921

96 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1921. Highest significance: Bathurst Gaol, AU.

Key Facts for 21 November 1921

On 21 November 1921, 96 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 95 daily.
Bathurst Gaol set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 21 November 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

96 stations

96 station records on 21 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hornsby Junction (Thornleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

96 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 95.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1921

Top 20 records on 21 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1921	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1921	Brewongle, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1921	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1921	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1921	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1921	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	1.9 C (35.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1921	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	White River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Melton, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Methven, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	29 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

1803 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1921. 1921 had 96 records.

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

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 25	81
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1