Weather Records on 17 November 1939

372 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1939. Highest significance: Zugspitze, DE.

Key Facts for 17 November 1939

On 17 November 1939, 372 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 358 daily.
Zugspitze set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.6 mm (2.5 in) on 17 November 1939.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

372 stations

372 station records on 17 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Learmonth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenloth East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

372 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 17 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1939

Top 20 records on 17 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1939	Zugspitze, DE	monthly rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Ettumanur, IN	all-time rain	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Gudalur, IN	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Naduvattam, IN	monthly rain	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Abbeville, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Kavali, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Schriever, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Peermade Residen, IN	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Houma, US	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Tullinga, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Learmonth, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Cranganore, IN	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Morgan City, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1939	Ernakulam, IN	all-time rain	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	37 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

1793 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 372 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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 25	282
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1