Weather Records on 20 November 1994

1,484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1994. Highest significance: Blanca 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 20 November 1994

On 20 November 1994, 1,484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
656 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,412 daily.
Blanca 4 NW set an all-time record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 20 November 1994.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,484 stations

1,484 station records on 20 November 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,484 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 280, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 376, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 435, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 20 November 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	280
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	376
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	435
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 20 November 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 70, daily 1,412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,226 broken records

Margins by which the 1,226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1994

Top 20 records on 20 November 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1994	Blanca 4 NW, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	87 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Beaver, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Geary, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Tahoka, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Enterprise, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Lookeba 1 N, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Sayre, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Kenai AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Polis, CY	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1994	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Augusta, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Kingfisher, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1994	Kyrylivka, UA	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	56 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 1,484 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 100	1,190
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1