Weather Records on 22 November 1940

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1940. Highest significance: Lorne Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 November 1940

On 22 November 1940, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 407 daily.
Lorne Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 22 November 1940.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 22 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Moriac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tinamba West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1940

Top 20 records on 22 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1940	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1940	Henderson, US	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Moyston, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Rosebery, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Mount Moriac, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Beulah, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Gerang Gerung, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Victoria Valley, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Geranium, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Goroke (Kangawall), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Princetown (Rivernook), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1940	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	13 years	42 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

1816 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1940. 1940 had 413 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 November 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 100	337
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1