Weather Records on 13 November 1949

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1949. Highest significance: Kei Road (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 November 1949

On 13 November 1949, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 430 daily.
Kei Road (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 131.6 mm (5.2 in) on 13 November 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 13 November 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 November 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 November 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1949

Top 20 records on 13 November 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1949	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1949	Villiers (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Coonamble (Pier Pier), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Maranguape, BR	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Summervale (Gundaur), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Shawano 2SSW, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Ord River, AU	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Verkykerskop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	New Market, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Olaa 92, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Balfour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1949	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	35 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

1795 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 440 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

Download the Data

Data for records on 1949-11-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	283
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1