Weather Records on 21 November 1934

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1934. Highest significance: 1 ENE Fairfield, US.

Key Facts for 21 November 1934

On 21 November 1934, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 553 daily.
1 ENE Fairfield set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 21 November 1934.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 21 November 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 November 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 November 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1934

Top 20 records on 21 November 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1934	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Morrison, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Robeline, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Jackson, US	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Anna 4 N, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	Monroe #2, US	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1934	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1934. 1934 had 578 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	404
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1