Weather Records on 12 November 1942

173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1942. Highest significance: Bangalore, IN.

Key Facts for 12 November 1942

On 12 November 1942, 173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 170 daily.
Bangalore set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 12 November 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

173 stations

173 station records on 12 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

173 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 23.

Records on 12 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1942

Top 20 records on 12 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1942	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Umtata, ZA	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Attur, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Council, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1942	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	all-time rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Elandsfontein, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1942	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	27 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

1802 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 173 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	104
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1