Weather Records on 8 November 1949

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1949. Highest significance: The Granites, AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1949

On 8 November 1949, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 330 daily.
The Granites set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 8 November 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 8 November 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tinkurrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 102	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pantapin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loongana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jurokine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jenna Pullin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Brow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Tu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurren Kutten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 8 November 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 November 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1949

Top 20 records on 8 November 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1949	The Granites, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1949	Jerramungup, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1949	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1949	Oak Park, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1949	Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1949	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Dudleys, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Srivilliputhur, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Wausau Record Herald, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Colfax, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	El Suez, EG	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Clark, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Hoxie, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	W Pt, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Manfred, AU	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Tinkurrin, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Barton, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1949	Los Banos, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	20 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

1794 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 331 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 5	205
5 to 10	41
10 to 15	17
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	2