Weather Records on 13 November 1942

116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1942. Highest significance: Plymouth, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1942

On 13 November 1942, 116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 115 daily.
Plymouth set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 13 November 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

116 stations

116 station records on 13 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plymouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

116 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 13 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 115.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1942

Top 20 records on 13 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1942	Plymouth, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1942	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Southampton, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Hvar, HR	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Nogales, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Elkins, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	White River, CA	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Holbrook, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Ashland, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1942	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high max	39.3 C (102.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	45 years	19 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 116 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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	85
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1