Weather Records on 27 November 1968

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1968. Highest significance: Cidra 1 E, PR.

Key Facts for 27 November 1968

On 27 November 1968, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 436 daily.
Cidra 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 27 November 1968.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 27 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urania	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marked Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 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

27 November 1968

Top 20 records on 27 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1968	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1968	Lares, PR	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1968	Dos Bocas, PR	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Luling, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Mena, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	San Marcos, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Marshall, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Story, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Urania, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Seguin, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Amity, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Marked Tree, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Balmorhea, US	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1968	Gloversville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	42 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 458 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 25	350
25 to 50	43
50 to 75	20
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1