Weather Records on 1 November 1942

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1942. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 1 November 1942

On 1 November 1942, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 442 daily.
Ljungby set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 1 November 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 1 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freshwater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1942

Top 20 records on 1 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1942	Ljungby, SE	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1942	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1942	Rose Isle, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1942	Flahult, SE	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Boorara, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Skara 1, SE	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Skegness, GB	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Freshwater, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	St Georges, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Hardy Rs, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Queanbeyan (Carwoola), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Greensburg 2 S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Paika, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Summervale (Gundaur), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1942	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	40 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

1805 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1942. 1942 had 463 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 25	385
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1