Weather Records on 15 November 1941

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1941. Highest significance: King River, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1941

On 15 November 1941, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 551 daily.
King River set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 15 November 1941.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 15 November 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 November 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 November 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1941

Top 20 records on 15 November 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1941	King River, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	McKinley, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	Nellore, IN	daily rain	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	Bulgandramine, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Bandon 2 NNE, US	all-time rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Cascadia, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Ottapalam, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Kislovodsk, RU	daily low min	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Eugene, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Trichur, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Lares, PR	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Cataract River, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Sugar City, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Kings Tablelands, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Detroit, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1941	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	26 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

1794 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 569 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	447
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1