Weather Records on 23 November 1939

216 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1939. Highest significance: Sarpsborg, NO.

Key Facts for 23 November 1939

On 23 November 1939, 216 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 214 daily.
Sarpsborg set a daily record precipitation of 43.1 mm (1.7 in) on 23 November 1939.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

216 stations

216 station records on 23 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

216 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 41.

Records on 23 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1939

Top 20 records on 23 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1939	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1939	Biri, NO	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1939	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1939	Faerder Fyr, NO	monthly rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Caloundra Signal Station, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Palghat, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Russell, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Amenia, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Redfield, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Quesnel, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Theebine, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Minnedosa, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Beito, NO	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1939	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	30 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

1821 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1939. 1939 had 216 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	160
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1