Weather Records on 6 November 1939

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1939. Highest significance: Croydon Township, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1939

On 6 November 1939, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 384 daily.
Croydon Township set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 6 November 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 6 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1939

Top 20 records on 6 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1939	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Gavar, AM	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Watervale (Springvale), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Matamoras, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Watervale, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Chazy, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Gabriels, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1939	Mornington, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Chatham, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Dandenong Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1939	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	24 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 390 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	275
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2