Weather Records on 20 November 2011

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2011. Highest significance: Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES.

Key Facts for 20 November 2011

On 20 November 2011, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 799 daily.
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr set a daily record precipitation of 95.6 mm (3.8 in) on 20 November 2011.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 20 November 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cozzo Spadaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Temazcal	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hulett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 20 November 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 20 November 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2011

Top 20 records on 20 November 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2011	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2011	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2011	Preston, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Daly Waters AWS, AU	monthly rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Gordon, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Hinckley, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Devils Twr #2, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Haines AP, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Wessington 2SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Murcia/Alcantarilla, ES	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Santa Barbara, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Lampasas, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Pierce 1 E, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Haines AP, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Valencia/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2011	Gatesville, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	40 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 816 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	573
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1