Weather Records on 6 November 1943

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1943. Highest significance: Dumont 2 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 1943

On 6 November 1943, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 231 daily.
Dumont 2 ENE set a daily record snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 6 November 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 6 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merlwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1943

Top 20 records on 6 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1943	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1943	Rockford, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1943	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1943	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Ida, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Hannibal, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Hardy Rs, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Millerton, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Witsieshoek, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Doornplaat, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Orono, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Fayette, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Britton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	St Walburg, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1943	Barabinsk, RU	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	8.7 C (15.7 F)	32 years	23 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 238 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	185
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1