Weather Records on 2 November 1928

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1928. Highest significance: Waterloo, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1928

On 2 November 1928, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 241 daily.
Waterloo set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 2 November 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 2 November 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 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

2 November 1928

Top 20 records on 2 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1928	Waterloo, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Olin, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Lexington, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1928	Storm Lake, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Millerton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	W Pt, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Salem, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Lenox, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Conception, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Malvern, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1928	Waverly, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	27 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

1805 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1928. 1928 had 245 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	199
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	4