Weather Records on 25 November 1940

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1940. Highest significance: Roy, US.

Key Facts for 25 November 1940

On 25 November 1940, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 340 daily.
Roy set an all-time record daily snowfall of 71.1 cm (28.0 in) on 25 November 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 25 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Learmonth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 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

25 November 1940

Top 20 records on 25 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1940	Roy, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1940	Sugar Land, US	monthly rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1940	Roy, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1940	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Hovlandsdal, NO	all-time rain	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Paravur, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Haskell, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Apache, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Waukomis, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Hempstead, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Sviland, NO	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Waco, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Bulken, NO	all-time rain	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Weatherford, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1940	Cuero, US	monthly rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 355 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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 100	303
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1