Weather Records on 26 November 1945

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1945. Highest significance: Morokweng (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 November 1945

On 26 November 1945, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 143 daily.
Morokweng (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 26 November 1945.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 26 November 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 November 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 November 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

122 broken records

Margins by which the 122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1945

Top 20 records on 26 November 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1945	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1945	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1945	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1945	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1945	Rouchel Brook, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Puyallup 2 W Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Tipton, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Bremerton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Cedaredge, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Centralia, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1945	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	21 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

1838 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1945. 1945 had 145 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 100	121
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1