Weather Records on 21 November 1949

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1949. Highest significance: Lorraine, AU.

Key Facts for 21 November 1949

On 21 November 1949, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 573 daily.
Lorraine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.5 mm (5.1 in) on 21 November 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 21 November 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merrigum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bamawm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandsaur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 November 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 November 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1949

Top 20 records on 21 November 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1949	Lorraine, AU	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1949	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1949	Wallabadah (Gaspard), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Calivil, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Goroke (Kangawall), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Expedition Pass Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Maitland, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Drung Drung, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Merrigum, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1949	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	44 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

1803 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1949. 1949 had 588 records.

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

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	464
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1