Weather Records on 30 November 1939

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 1939. Highest significance: Manati 2 E, PR.

Key Facts for 30 November 1939

On 30 November 1939, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 320 daily.
Manati 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 30 November 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 30 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 30 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 November 1939

Top 20 records on 30 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 1939	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1939	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1939	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1939	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1939	Haskell, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1939	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Brocken, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Metten, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Durant, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Marshall, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Henderson, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Adel, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Pahala 21, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Nanaimo, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 1939	Narsipatnam, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	24 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

1797 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1939. 1939 had 321 records.

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

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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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	263
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1