Weather Records on 22 November 1947

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1947. Highest significance: Charlotte Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 22 November 1947

On 22 November 1947, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 580 daily.
Charlotte Plains set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 22 November 1947.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 22 November 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitta Mitta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 22 November 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 22 November 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1947

Top 20 records on 22 November 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1947	Charlotte Plains, AU	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Quincy Exp STN, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Oxford, GB	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Uccle, BE	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Channapatana, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Oxford, GB	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Hollowaysrust, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Camden 1, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Uccle, BE	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Summer Hill, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1947	Taung, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 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

1816 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1947. 1947 had 616 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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	506
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1