Weather Records on 20 November 2020

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2020. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 20 November 2020

On 20 November 2020, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
430 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 570 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 20 November 2020.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 20 November 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal Intl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coatzacoalcos Ver.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buhara	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Esquel Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zlikha	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Bajtal	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Floydada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijie	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fushiki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 280, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 November 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	280
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 November 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2020

Top 20 records on 20 November 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2020	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2020	Fossil, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Raywood, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Kitamiesashi, JP	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Chetumal Intl, MX	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Lockport 2SE, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Paradise, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Tombstone, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	122 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Eads, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Stanley, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Ashland, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Dinghai, CN	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Coatzacoalcos Ver., MX	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Shoshone, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Jian, CN	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2020	Winslow AP, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 578 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 20	459
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1