Weather Records on 21 November 1976

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1976. Highest significance: Bajool Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 November 1976

On 21 November 1976, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 307 daily.
Bajool Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 21 November 1976.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 21 November 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Americana (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urupes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cayo Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amparo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bge C Lac Chateauvert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Do Barreiro Rico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Assuncao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 November 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 November 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1976

Top 20 records on 21 November 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1976	Bajool Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Atoyac (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Candelaria (Smn), MX	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Illawarra, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Shirbourne Park, AU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Usina Americana (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Itapage, BR	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Rockley, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Onor, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Clare, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Zamenkomst, ZA	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Home Hill Fifteen A St, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Wowan Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Tathra Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1976	Homestead, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1976. 1976 had 315 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 10	185
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	4