Weather Records on 20 November 1942

774 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1942. Highest significance: South Pass City, US.

Key Facts for 20 November 1942

On 20 November 1942, 774 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
626 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 728 daily.
South Pass City set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 20 November 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

774 stations

774 station records on 20 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

774 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 353, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 273, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	353
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	273
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 46, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

566 broken records

Margins by which the 566 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1942

Top 20 records on 20 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1942	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Watchupga, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Fillmore, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Towaninnie, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1942	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Marion 2 N, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	South Pass City, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Kovvur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Dayton Mcd, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Vickery 2 NW, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Grand Canyon HQ, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Eustis 2 S, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Harrison, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1942	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 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

1793 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 774 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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	558
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1