Weather Records on 8 November 1926

108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1926. Highest significance: Minneapolis, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1926

On 8 November 1926, 108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 104 daily.
Minneapolis set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 8 November 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

108 stations

108 station records on 8 November 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

108 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 November 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 November 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 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 1926

Top 20 records on 8 November 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1926	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1926	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1926	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1926	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Hutchinson River, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Palmetto, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	McPherson, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Greensboro, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Magnolia, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Mt Hope, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Vanrhysdorp, ZA	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	La Monte, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Berkeley, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Syracuse, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Port Arthur, CA	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1926	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	18 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 108 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	79
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1