Weather Records on 1 November 1949

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1949. Highest significance: Tulbagh (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 November 1949

On 1 November 1949, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 602 daily.
Tulbagh (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 1 November 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 1 November 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onley 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 278.

Records on 1 November 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 November 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1949

Top 20 records on 1 November 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1949	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1949	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Islampur, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Ekangersarai, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Touws River, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Edenton, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Ft Bidwell, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Diamond Springs, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Weldon, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1949	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 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

1805 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1949. 1949 had 661 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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	497
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1