Weather Records on 8 November 1955

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1955. Highest significance: Junction 4SSW, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1955

On 8 November 1955, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 429 daily.
Junction 4SSW set a monthly record daily snowfall of 14.7 cm (5.8 in) on 8 November 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 8 November 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj Farm	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 November 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 November 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1955

Top 20 records on 8 November 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1955	Junction 4SSW, US	monthly snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1955	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1955	Daflating, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Nazira, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Ranibandh, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Dewan, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Kanas, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Maibong, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Indpur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Hondo, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Karimganj, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Cuttack, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Chatrapur, IN	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1955	Menard, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	39 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 448 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	275
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1