Weather Records on 28 November 1968

799 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1968. Highest significance: Clarksville Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 28 November 1968

On 28 November 1968, 799 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 756 daily.
Clarksville Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 28 November 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

799 stations

799 station records on 28 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neptune 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

799 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 495, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 28 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	495
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 28 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 756.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1968

Top 20 records on 28 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1968	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Franklin, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Dumas, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Russellville, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Water Valley, US	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Leamington, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1968	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Powell River, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Monroe, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Moorhead, US	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Hastings, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Alert Bay, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Stoneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1968	Brownsville, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	51 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 799 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	557
20 to 40	83
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	19
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	1