Weather Records on 8 November 1952

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1952. Highest significance: Indio Fire STN, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1952

On 8 November 1952, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 314 daily.
Indio Fire STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 8 November 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 8 November 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cripple Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saboeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wofford Hts Kernville	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 8 November 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 8 November 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1952

Top 20 records on 8 November 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1952	Indio Fire STN, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Palm Springs, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1952	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Pieter Meintjies (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Canobie, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Wallaville- Mill Street, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Anderleigh, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Grants Pass, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1952	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 316 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 25	221
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1