Weather Records on 20 November 1939

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1939. Highest significance: Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 20 November 1939

On 20 November 1939, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 265 daily.
Munchen-Nymphenburg set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 20 November 1939.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 20 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1939

Top 20 records on 20 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1939	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Baindur, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1939	Janwada, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Nymagee (Pyramid), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Udipi, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Callaville, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1939	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	25 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

1793 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 265 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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	216
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1