Weather Records on 20 November 1929

130 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1929. Highest significance: Bass (Kilcunda), AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1929

On 20 November 1929, 130 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 128 daily.
Bass (Kilcunda) set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 20 November 1929.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

130 stations

130 station records on 20 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eurugabah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darnum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

130 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 20 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1929

Top 20 records on 20 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1929	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1929	Gainesville, US	monthly snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Wray, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Bridgeport, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Laramie, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Kallara, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Eurugabah Station, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Durham, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Raton, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Darnum, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1929	Academy 2NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	28 years	19 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 130 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 10	109
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1