Weather Records on 28 November 1921

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1921. Highest significance: Kologha (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 November 1921

On 28 November 1921, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 48 daily.
Kologha (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 28 November 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 28 November 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Davis Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brim (Boswell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 28 November 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 November 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1921

Top 20 records on 28 November 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1921	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1921	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1921	State College, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1921	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1921	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Millie, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Whitehead, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Portland, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1921	Davis Island Dam, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	17 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

1793 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 50 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	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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	34
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1