Weather Records on 26 November 1940

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1940. Highest significance: Maristova, NO.

Key Facts for 26 November 1940

On 26 November 1940, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 572 daily.
Maristova set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 26 November 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 26 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurla	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 26 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 26 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1940

Top 20 records on 26 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1940	Maristova, NO	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Dahanu, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Samnanger, NO	all-time rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Central Kin Kin, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Wadhwan, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Kurla, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Bassein, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Rahapur, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Malavalli, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Musiri, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Bardoli, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1940	Paramathi, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	39 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

1838 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1940. 1940 had 582 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 20	371
20 to 40	70
40 to 60	40
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1