Weather Records on 8 November 1929

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1929. Highest significance: South Comongin, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1929

On 8 November 1929, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 135 daily.
South Comongin set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 8 November 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 8 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1929

Top 20 records on 8 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1929	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1929	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1929	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1929	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1929	Parks Spring Rch, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Augusta, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Monticello, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Garden City, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	W Pt, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Tampa, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Minneapolis, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Socorro, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Lamar, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Elliston, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Lakin, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1929	Tunis, TN	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 137 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 November 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	80
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3