Weather Records on 8 November 1944

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1944. Highest significance: Mannanarie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1944

On 8 November 1944, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 547 daily.
Mannanarie Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 8 November 1944.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 8 November 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 November 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 November 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1944

Top 20 records on 8 November 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1944	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1944	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Kempten, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Gladstone (Booyoolee), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Iguape, BR	daily rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Yongala, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Ozark, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Orroroo (Black Rock), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Paris, US	monthly rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Blyth, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Conway, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1944	Flandreau, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	41 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 561 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	450
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1