4 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1908. Highest significance: Santa Fe, US.
Key Facts for 28 November 1908
On 28 November 1908, 4 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 4 daily.
Santa Fe set a daily record precipitation of 18.3 mm (0.7 in) on 28 November 1908.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.
Record Map
4 stations
Highest daily maximumHeaviest daily rainfall
4 station records on 28 November 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 28 November 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Santa Fe
United States
Record daily precipitation
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City
United States
Record high maximum temperature
27.8 C (82.0 F)
9 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba
United States
Record high maximum temperature
9.4 C (48.9 F)
8 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota
Sri Lanka
Record high maximum temperature
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
4 records
Records set or tied on 28 November 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 28 November 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
3
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
1
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 28 November 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 4.
Records on 28 November 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
4
How Much Records Were Beaten By
3 broken records
Margins by which the 3 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 16.3. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 November 1908
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 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1908. 1908 had 4 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 11-28 in each year
Year
Records
1793
1
1797
1
1807
1
1815
1
1827
1
1829
1
1831
2
1838
1
1839
1
1844
1
1849
2
1850
1
1851
1
1856
4
1857
1
1869
2
1870
1
1871
2
1872
3
1873
2
1874
2
1875
2
1878
2
1879
1
1883
2
1884
2
1887
2
1888
1
1889
2
1890
8
1892
2
1894
1
1895
2
1896
3
1897
3
1898
3
1899
3
1900
5
1901
4
1902
7
1903
25
1904
11
1905
24
1906
21
1907
10
1908
4
1909
39
1910
8
1911
62
1912
24
1913
34
1914
19
1915
33
1916
27
1917
68
1918
13
1919
31
1920
166
1921
50
1922
38
1923
77
1924
55
1925
76
1926
90
1927
545
1928
62
1929
192
1930
749
1931
143
1932
307
1933
203
1934
544
1935
257
1936
252
1937
629
1938
553
1939
240
1940
445
1941
349
1942
232
1943
143
1944
193
1945
236
1946
372
1947
201
1948
752
1949
1,211
1950
506
1951
272
1952
1,051
1953
277
1954
200
1955
1,042
1956
355
1957
240
1958
1,066
1959
730
1960
986
1961
325
1962
413
1963
246
1964
690
1965
301
1966
807
1967
421
1968
799
1969
631
1970
567
1971
500
1972
360
1973
1,483
1974
398
1975
1,069
1976
2,175
1977
1,024
1978
825
1979
536
1980
799
1981
677
1982
842
1983
1,979
1984
1,014
1985
2,376
1986
718
1987
927
1988
810
1989
809
1990
1,642
1991
782
1992
926
1993
1,290
1994
1,267
1995
963
1996
1,161
1997
1,128
1998
1,922
1999
775
2000
726
2001
1,543
2002
1,104
2003
657
2004
770
2005
1,430
2006
1,710
2007
412
2008
849
2009
609
2010
1,533
2011
1,139
2012
698
2013
946
2014
1,210
2015
986
2016
474
2017
751
2018
847
2019
1,194
2020
312
2021
1,136
2022
496
2023
591
2024
456
2025
307
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Data for records on 1908-11-28: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.