Weather Records on 15 November 1943

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1943. Highest significance: Port Alfred, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 November 1943

On 15 November 1943, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 276 daily.
Port Alfred set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 15 November 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 15 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford State Nursery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1943

Top 20 records on 15 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1943	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Camocim, BR	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Ravensfield, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1943	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	37 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

1794 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 278 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	209
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1