Weather Records on 27 November 1939

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1939. Highest significance: Pitea, SE.

Key Facts for 27 November 1939

On 27 November 1939, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 293 daily.
Pitea set a daily record precipitation of 30.3 mm (1.2 in) on 27 November 1939.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 27 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jondarayan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 228.

Records on 27 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1939

Top 20 records on 27 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1939	Pitea, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Talcher, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Jondarayan Station, AU	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Baramba, IN	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Kriel (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Boksburg (Mun), ZA	all-time rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1939	Pal-Lahara, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1939	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	31 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 310 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	220
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1