Weather Records on 26 November 1928

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1928. Highest significance: Digby, CA.

Key Facts for 26 November 1928

On 26 November 1928, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 215 daily.
Digby set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 26 November 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 26 November 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1928

Top 20 records on 26 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1928	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1928	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1928	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Henderson 2 NNW, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Soltau, DE	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Uman, UA	daily high max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1928	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	20 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

1838 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1928. 1928 had 224 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 25	159
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1