Weather Records on 19 November 1940

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1940. Highest significance: Aspen Grove Rch 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 19 November 1940

On 19 November 1940, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 221 daily.
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 19 November 1940.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

231 stations

231 station records on 19 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kawai Iki Intake 880	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 19 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 19 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1940

Top 20 records on 19 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1940	Aspen Grove Rch 1 W, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Manassa, US	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Fillmore, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Willcox, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Srivilliputhur, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Intake, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Mankayane, SZ	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Barkestad, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Clifton, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Aspen Grove Rch 1 W, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1940	Dulce, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1940	Peermade Residen, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1940	Casa Grande, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1940	Globe Rs, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1940	Canon City, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 1940	Dresden, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	30 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 231 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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 50	179
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1