Weather Records on 26 November 1942

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1942. Highest significance: De Grey, AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 1942

On 26 November 1942, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 296 daily.
De Grey set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 26 November 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 26 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 26 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 26 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 940.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1942

Top 20 records on 26 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1942	De Grey, AU	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1942	Mulyie, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1942	Yarrie, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1942	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Warralong, AU	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Talga Talga, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Ettrick, AU	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Pardoo Station, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Phelps, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Medford, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Warrawagine, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Ituacu, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1942	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	39 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

1838 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1942. 1942 had 314 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 200	265
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1