Weather Records on 27 November 1942

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1942. Highest significance: Marshalltown, US.

Key Facts for 27 November 1942

On 27 November 1942, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 328 daily.
Marshalltown set a daily record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 27 November 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 27 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranquille	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1942

Top 20 records on 27 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1942	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Kennewick, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1942	Jefferson, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	New Meadows Rs, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Cambridge, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Detroit, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Healesville (Mount St Leonard), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Orofino, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Eltham, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Tranquille, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 November 1942	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily low max	31.6 C (88.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	28 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 334 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 100	278
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1