Weather Records on 15 November 1929

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1929. Highest significance: Harnosand, SE.

Key Facts for 15 November 1929

On 15 November 1929, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 270 daily.
Harnosand set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 November 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 15 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1929

Top 20 records on 15 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1929	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1929	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Lawson (Wilson Street), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Athens, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Rome, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Biri, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Resaca, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Halifax, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Moncure 3 SE, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Asheville, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Hedal I Valdres, NO	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Wappingers Falls, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1929	Roros, NO	monthly rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6 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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 279 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 10	213
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1