Weather Records on 8 November 1921

162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1921. Highest significance: Graaff Reinet, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 November 1921

On 8 November 1921, 162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 157 daily.
Graaff Reinet set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 8 November 1921.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

162 stations

162 station records on 8 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

162 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1921 by type: Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1921

Top 20 records on 8 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1921	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Sterling, ZA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Dubuque River, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Madison Wb City, US	monthly snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1921	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Walsingham 1, ZA	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Brantford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1921	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	23 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

1794 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 162 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	128
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1