Weather Records on 12 November 1939

171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1939. Highest significance: Fort St James, CA.

Key Facts for 12 November 1939

On 12 November 1939, 171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 166 daily.
Fort St James set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 November 1939.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

171 stations

171 station records on 12 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfergus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.8 C (-48.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

171 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 12 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1939

Top 20 records on 12 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1939	Fort St James, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1939	Kachugaon, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1939	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1939	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Audley National Park Bottom St, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Ponnani, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Kaslo, CA	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1939	Karesuando, SE	monthly rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	46 years	20 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

1802 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 171 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 November 1939
Margin	Records
0 to 10	116
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1