Weather Records on 20 November 1978

1,413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1978. Highest significance: Goroke (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1978

On 20 November 1978, 1,413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 838 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 1,350 daily.
Goroke (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 20 November 1978.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,413 stations

1,413 station records on 20 November 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Electron Headworks	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,413 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 595, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 243, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 20 November 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	595
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	243
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 20 November 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 61, daily 1,350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,191 broken records

Margins by which the 1,191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1978

Top 20 records on 20 November 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1978	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Barkers Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Myponga, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1978	Moyston, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Alawoona (Schells Well), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Cobbora (Ellismayne), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Emgcewe (Bos), ZA	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Sydenham, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Linton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Ft Benton, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Colfax, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1978	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	48 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 1,413 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	1,120
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2