Weather Records on 20 November 1958

218 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1958. Highest significance: Sriperumbudur, IN.

Key Facts for 20 November 1958

On 20 November 1958, 218 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 217 daily.
Sriperumbudur set a daily record precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 20 November 1958.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

218 stations

218 station records on 20 November 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Karouba	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Annalara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biccavole	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redmond 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merbein Csiro Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

218 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 20 November 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 20 November 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1958

Top 20 records on 20 November 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1958	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Caiwarro, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Ponneri, IN	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Thalli, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1958	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1958	Saidapet, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1958	Bizerte Karouba, TN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1958	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1958	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1958	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	66 years	32 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

1793 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 218 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	143
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1