Weather Records on 2 November 1941

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1941. Highest significance: Arthur 4NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1941

On 2 November 1941, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 229 daily.
Arthur 4NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 November 1941.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 2 November 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 November 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 November 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1941

Top 20 records on 2 November 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1941	Arthur 4NW, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	9.6 C (17.3 F)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1941	Hay River, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Kilauea 1134, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Macdonald College, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low min	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Auburn, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Gardiner, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	2.5 C (36.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1941	Denison, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)

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

1805 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1941. 1941 had 236 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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 50	172
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3