Weather Records on 21 November 2020

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 2020. Highest significance: Hanko Tvarminne, FI.

Key Facts for 21 November 2020

On 21 November 2020, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 414 daily.
Hanko Tvarminne set a daily record precipitation of 25.6 mm (1.0 in) on 21 November 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 21 November 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal Intl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isojoki Karjenkoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shaoguan	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marina di Ginosa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wister 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trelew Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guiping	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coatzacoalcos Ver.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penang	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington Four Corners Rgnl A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mazong Shan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Addis Ababa-Bole	Ethiopia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Njurba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carefree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Jacket 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 November 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 November 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 2020

Top 20 records on 21 November 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 2020	Hanko Tvarminne, FI	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Ben Gurion, IL	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Chetumal Intl, MX	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Leirfjord, NO	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Willcox, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Mohonk Lake, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Memphis, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Eagle Mtn, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	E Tawas, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Muleshoe #1, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Isojoki Karjenkoski, FI	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	El Paso Intl AP, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 2020	Thompson Welcome Ctr, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 2020	Maristova, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 2020	Organ Pipe Cactus Nm, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 2020	Van Horn, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1803 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2020. 2020 had 421 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	333
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1