Weather Records on 11 November 1939

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1939. Highest significance: Evesham Station, AU.

Key Facts for 11 November 1939

On 11 November 1939, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 195 daily.
Evesham Station set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 11 November 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 11 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tressillian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blythwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Tu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

172 broken records

Margins by which the 172 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1939

Top 20 records on 11 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1939	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1939	Hondo, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1939	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1939	Mullewa, AU	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1939	Sabinal, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Austin, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Llano, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Marshall, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Doongin Peak, AU	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Boerne, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Lampasas, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Uvalde, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Burnet, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1939	Pearsall, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	22 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

1800 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1939. 1939 had 198 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	122
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1