Weather Records on 21 November 1959

460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1959. Highest significance: St Augustine, US.

Key Facts for 21 November 1959

On 21 November 1959, 460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 455 daily.
St Augustine set a daily record precipitation of 127.3 mm (5.0 in) on 21 November 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

460 stations

460 station records on 21 November 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Metaline Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

460 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 21 November 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 21 November 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1959

Top 20 records on 21 November 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1959	St Augustine, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1959	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1959	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1959	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1959	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Everett, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Jam Vale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Glen Warren, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Metaline Falls, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Deer Park AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Timber, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1959	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 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

1803 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1959. 1959 had 460 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	361
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1