Weather Records on 28 November 1940

445 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1940. Highest significance: Gogland, RU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1940

On 28 November 1940, 445 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 435 daily.
Gogland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.5 mm (1.7 in) on 28 November 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

445 stations

445 station records on 28 November 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deolgaon Raja	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

445 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 28 November 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 28 November 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1940

Top 20 records on 28 November 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1940	Gogland, RU	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1940	Jalna, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Indore, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Nevasa, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Digras, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Truro Nsac, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Peint, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Raver, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Coreena, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Baramati, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Khandwa, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Harsud, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Warren, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Makrai, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1940	Elgin Water, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1940	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1940	Kopargaon, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	33 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 445 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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 100	390
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1