Weather Records on 29 November 1928

88 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1928. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 29 November 1928

On 29 November 1928, 88 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 83 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 29 November 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

88 stations

88 station records on 29 November 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

88 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1928

Top 20 records on 29 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1928	Lexington, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1928	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1928	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1928	Colby, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Ravenna, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Franklin, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.3 C (79.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Marion, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Loup City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Brocken, DE	monthly snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Beaver City, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Minden, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Setif, DZ	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 November 1928	Culbertson, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 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

1797 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 88 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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	63
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3