Weather Records on 15 November 1940

1,180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1940. Highest significance: Koppa(Balgadi), IN.

Key Facts for 15 November 1940

On 15 November 1940, 1,180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 836 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,113 daily.
Koppa(Balgadi) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 208.3 mm (8.2 in) on 15 November 1940.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,180 stations

1,180 station records on 15 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medowie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,180 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 311, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 525, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 15 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	311
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	525
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 15 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 67, daily 1,113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,003 broken records

Margins by which the 1,003 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1940

Top 20 records on 15 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1940	Koppa(Balgadi), IN	monthly rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1940	Koratagere, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Gympie, AU	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Central Kin Kin, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Murgon Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Ironton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Boonah Stark Ave, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Medowie Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Princeton, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Bologna, IT	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Sterling, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Chiknayakanihall, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Jefferson, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1940	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 1,180 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 200	999
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1