Weather Records on 29 November 1943

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1943. Highest significance: Laingsburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 November 1943

On 29 November 1943, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 185 daily.
Laingsburg set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 29 November 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 29 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1943

Top 20 records on 29 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1943	Laingsburg, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Contest, ZA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1943	The Mills, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Emerson, CA	daily high max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1943	Crescent City, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 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

1797 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 187 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 November 1943
Margin	Records
0 to 10	114
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3