Weather Records on 20 November 1927

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1927. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 20 November 1927

On 20 November 1927, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 101 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 20 November 1927.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

105 stations

105 station records on 20 November 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 20 November 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 20 November 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

79 broken records

Margins by which the 79 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1927

Top 20 records on 20 November 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1927	Genoa, IT	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1927	Barkerville, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1927	Emerald Post Office, AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Putbus, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Deseret, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Pella, ZA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Hvar, HR	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Umea, SE	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Kursk, RU	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Storlien, SE	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Jumping Sand Hill Well, AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1927	Scipio, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	17 years	17 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 105 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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 20	72
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1