Weather Records on 8 November 1939

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1939. Highest significance: Brodribb River, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1939

On 8 November 1939, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 201 daily.
Brodribb River set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 8 November 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 8 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 8 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1939

Top 20 records on 8 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1939	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Ranfurly, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Valangiman, IN	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Sirkali, IN	daily rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Kilanilai, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Neidavasal, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1939	Panruti, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Ranfurly, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Geraldton Town, AU	daily high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Prince Albert, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Ulundurpet, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1939	Thiruthuraipoond, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	25 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 208 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 20	158
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4