Weather Records on 20 November 2001

843 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2001. Highest significance: Wingham (Lanark Close), AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 2001

On 20 November 2001, 843 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 827 daily.
Wingham (Lanark Close) set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 20 November 2001.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

843 stations

843 station records on 20 November 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Highrent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fuerteventura/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bugt	China	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

843 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 320, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 20 November 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	320
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 20 November 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2001

Top 20 records on 20 November 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2001	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2001	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Lansdowne Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Tia (Highrent), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Kirensk, RU	daily high min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Canakkale, TR	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Comboyne South, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2001	Bagdarin, RU	daily high max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	11.9 C (21.4 F)	55 years	39 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 843 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 25	691
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2