Weather Records on 20 November 1976

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1976. Highest significance: Malanda Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1976

On 20 November 1976, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 374 daily.
Malanda Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.0 mm (4.8 in) on 20 November 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 20 November 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angel Albino Corzo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Santa Fe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	329.4 mm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjal Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arrabury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cayo Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koosharem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Fatima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coroados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Netherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 November 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 November 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 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

20 November 1976

Top 20 records on 20 November 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1976	Malanda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1976	Santa Lucia, BR	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Angel Albino Corzo, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Usina Santa Fe, BR	monthly rain	154.3 mm (6.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Songkhla, TH	all-time rain	329.4 mm (13.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Macucos, BR	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Laranjal Paulista, BR	monthly rain	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Atoyac (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Clare, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Aguai, BR	monthly rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Sape, BR	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Arrabury Station, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Cayo Arenas, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Koumala Hatfields Road, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1976	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 389 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 20	295
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1