Weather Records on 8 November 1943

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1943. Highest significance: Union Springs 9 S, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1943

On 8 November 1943, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 741 daily.
Union Springs 9 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 161.3 mm (6.4 in) on 8 November 1943.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 8 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Satirist	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 741.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1943

Top 20 records on 8 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1943	Union Springs 9 S, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1943	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	State College, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Morganton, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Plum Island, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Maple Plain, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Caroleen, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Emmaville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Experiment, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Beardsley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Crescent City, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1943	Goat Rock, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	45 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 767 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	631
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2