Weather Records on 20 November 1993

1,211 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1993. Highest significance: Meleuz, RU.

Key Facts for 20 November 1993

On 20 November 1993, 1,211 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 795 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,147 daily.
Meleuz set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 20 November 1993.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,211 stations

1,211 station records on 20 November 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meleuz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russkij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vologda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,211 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 444, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 351, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 20 November 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	444
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	351
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 20 November 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 63, daily 1,147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,086 broken records

Margins by which the 1,086 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1993

Top 20 records on 20 November 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1993	Meleuz, RU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1993	Hachijojima, JP	monthly rain	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Valga, LV	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Natitingou, BJ	all-time rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Nikolaev, UA	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low max	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Parnu, EE	monthly low max	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	0.9 C (33.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Sedgefield (Bundajon), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Vasilevici, BY	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Kuusiku, EE	monthly low max	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Gospic, HR	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Szombathely, HU	daily low max	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1993	Wien, AT	daily low max	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	91 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 1,211 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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Data for records on 1993-11-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,058
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1