Weather Records on 16 November 1939

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1939. Highest significance: Glenmorgan, IN.

Key Facts for 16 November 1939

On 16 November 1939, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 535 daily.
Glenmorgan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 179.6 mm (7.1 in) on 16 November 1939.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 16 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	272.5 mm (10.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	349.8 mm (13.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	252.7 mm (9.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wallace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 370.

Records on 16 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 34, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1939

Top 20 records on 16 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1939	Glenmorgan, IN	monthly rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 November 1939	Naduvattam, IN	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	monthly rain	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Pudukkottai, IN	monthly rain	272.5 mm (10.7 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Kingston, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Waurn Ponds, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Kilanilai, IN	all-time rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Meredith (Wattle Vale), AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Pattukkottai, IN	monthly rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Thiruthuraipoond, IN	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Arantangi, IN	monthly rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Ketty, IN	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Tiruvaiyaru, IN	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Udayalipatti, IN	all-time rain	349.8 mm (13.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1939	Alangudi, IN	all-time rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 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

1805 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1939. 1939 had 577 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	408
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2