Weather Records on 2 November 1940

372 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1940. Highest significance: Hosdurg, IN.

Key Facts for 2 November 1940

On 2 November 1940, 372 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 362 daily.
Hosdurg set a daily record precipitation of 117.9 mm (4.6 in) on 2 November 1940.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

372 stations

372 station records on 2 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

372 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 362.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1940

Top 20 records on 2 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1940	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Heerde, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Oxford, GB	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Quincy, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Guelph Oac, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Gabriels, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1940	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1940	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1940	Cumberland, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1940	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1940	Buchanan, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 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 372 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	294
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1