Weather Records on 27 November 1940

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1940. Highest significance: Morvi, IN.

Key Facts for 27 November 1940

On 27 November 1940, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 539 daily.
Morvi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 27 November 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 27 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Radhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kharaghoda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 27 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 27 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1940

Top 20 records on 27 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1940	Morvi, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Radhanpur, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Jambughoda Sr, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Dhrangadhra, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Mount Abu, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Khushalgarh, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Manpur(Tappa), IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Concord, US	monthly snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Devala, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Halol, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Kharaghoda, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Tiruppur, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1940	Rahapur, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	41 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 560 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	499
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1