Weather Records on 28 November 1944

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1944. Highest significance: Nuwara Eliya, LK.

Key Facts for 28 November 1944

On 28 November 1944, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 185 daily.
Nuwara Eliya set an all-time record low maximum temperature of 12.3 C (54.1 F) on 28 November 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 28 November 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 November 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 November 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1944

Top 20 records on 28 November 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1944	Nuwara Eliya, LK	all-time low max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Cyferfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Bulsfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1944	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Bakke, NO	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Moore Post Office, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	monthly high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily low min	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Tweespruit, ZA	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1944	Weldon, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	26 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 193 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 25	141
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1