Weather Records on 20 November 1963

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1963. Highest significance: Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR.

Key Facts for 20 November 1963

On 20 November 1963, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 570 daily.
Sao Jose de Mipibu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.1 mm (2.0 in) on 20 November 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 20 November 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rusel-Irlmoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zilverhout	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rooikop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bananeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 331, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 November 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 November 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1963

Top 20 records on 20 November 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1963	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	monthly rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1963	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Rohtak, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Newport Beach Harbor, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Heidenheim/Brenz, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Indargarh, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Sikar, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Huell, DE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Redlands, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Bowie, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Presa Rodriguez, MX	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Rusel-Irlmoos, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Timbauba, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	117 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1963	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	40 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 597 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 50	531
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1