Weather Records on 23 November 1940

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1940. Highest significance: Logansport, US.

Key Facts for 23 November 1940

On 23 November 1940, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 504 daily.
Logansport set an all-time record daily precipitation of 287.8 mm (11.3 in) on 23 November 1940.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 23 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.8 mm (11.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	295.9 mm (11.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha (Veronica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 914.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1940

Top 20 records on 23 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1940	Logansport, US	all-time rain	287.8 mm (11.3 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1940	Dialville 2 W, US	all-time rain	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1940	Thule, AU	all-time rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1940	Grand Cane Fire Twr, US	all-time rain	295.9 mm (11.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1940	Nacogdoches, US	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Madalya, AU	monthly rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Yarram, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Jefferson, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Meredith, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Minden, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Alberton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1940	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	45 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

1821 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1940. 1940 had 540 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	464
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1