Weather Records on 8 November 1934

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1934. Highest significance: Portland, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1934

On 8 November 1934, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 701 daily.
Portland set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 8 November 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 8 November 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berriwillock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conmurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 556, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 November 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	556
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 November 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 61, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1934

Top 20 records on 8 November 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1934	Portland, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1934	North Adelaide, AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1934	Stirling, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1934	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Laen, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Echunga Golf Course, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Frances, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Cherry Gardens, AU	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Nossen, DE	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1934	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 763 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 50	682
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1