Weather Records on 20 November 1934

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1934. Highest significance: St Lawrence Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1934

On 20 November 1934, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 461 daily.
St Lawrence Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 20 November 1934.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 20 November 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Downing 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 November 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 November 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1934

Top 20 records on 20 November 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1934	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Sherman, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Abbeville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Bethany, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Arthur City, US	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1934	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1934	Austin Montopolis Brg, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1934	Irvinebank, AU	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1934	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1934	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1934	Temple, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	33 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 477 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	313
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	4