Weather Records on 20 November 1945

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1945. Highest significance: Beenleigh Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1945

On 20 November 1945, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 314 daily.
Beenleigh Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 20 November 1945.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 20 November 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gravatt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 November 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 November 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1945

Top 20 records on 20 November 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1945	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Eastport, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Dinmore Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Moore Post Office, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Cowan Cowan Signal STN, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Woodstock, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Lennoxville, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1945	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1945	Morningside, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	34 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 322 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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	232
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2