Weather Records on 7 November 1939

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1939. Highest significance: Radhapuram, IN.

Key Facts for 7 November 1939

On 7 November 1939, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 210 daily.
Radhapuram set a daily record precipitation of 170.2 mm (6.7 in) on 7 November 1939.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 7 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalimna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1939

Top 20 records on 7 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1939	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Budge Budge, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Buchan, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1939	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Sarsfield, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	61 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Woodfield, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1939	Geraldton Town, AU	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	21 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 214 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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 20	159
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1