Weather Records on 1 November 1940

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1940. Highest significance: Pontotoc, US.

Key Facts for 1 November 1940

On 1 November 1940, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 305 daily.
Pontotoc set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 1 November 1940.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 1 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1940

Top 20 records on 1 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1940	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Brindley Park 2, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Normanstone Well, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Mudukulathur, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Luling, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Brenham, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1940	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Okolona, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	San Marcos, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Rock House, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1940	Glenbie, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 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

1805 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1940. 1940 had 309 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 100	270
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1