Weather Records on 15 November 1944

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1944. Highest significance: Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US.

Key Facts for 15 November 1944

On 15 November 1944, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 219 daily.
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 15 November 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 15 November 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 November 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 November 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1944

Top 20 records on 15 November 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1944	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Murdo, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Grootvlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Huntington, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1944	Vlakfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Denison, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Yuma Wb City, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Hawthorne, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Vale, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Brownsville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1944	Seward AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 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

1794 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 220 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 50	185
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1