Weather Records on 28 November 1946

372 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1946. Highest significance: Booby Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1946

On 28 November 1946, 372 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 366 daily.
Booby Island Lighthouse set an all-time record daily precipitation of 281.9 mm (11.1 in) on 28 November 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

372 stations

372 station records on 28 November 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulabarh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manawar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

372 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 November 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 November 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1946

Top 20 records on 28 November 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1946	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1946	Thursday Island Township, AU	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1946	Ramban, IN	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Ramanagar, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Kilba, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Hamirpur, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Gulabarh, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1946	Campbell Town (Quorn Hall), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Trichur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Gyshgy, TM	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Bjuraker, SE	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Kistwar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Poonch, IN	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Karnah, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1946	Piler(Pileru), IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	24 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 372 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 20	272
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1