Weather Records on 21 November 1968

358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1968. Highest significance: Pindai, BR.

Key Facts for 21 November 1968

On 21 November 1968, 358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 349 daily.
Pindai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 21 November 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

358 stations

358 station records on 21 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pindai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cacule	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Contendas Do Sincora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guanambi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barra da Estiva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macajuba (Capivari)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas Fz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

358 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 21 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 21 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1968

Top 20 records on 21 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1968	Pindai, BR	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Cacule, BR	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Contendas Do Sincora, BR	monthly rain	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Progress, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Novo Acre (Giqui), BR	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Rio de Contas, BR	monthly rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Guanambi, BR	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Brumado, BR	daily rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Caetite, BR	all-time rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Emerson, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Little Falls Mill St, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Sao Bento Do Una, BR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Jequie, BR	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Condeuba, BR	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1968	Barra da Estiva, BR	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1968	Orono, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 years	34 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

1803 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1968. 1968 had 358 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 2026-10-13 (13 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	212
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3