Weather Records on 8 November 1971

1,239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1971. Highest significance: Holbrook (Rsl), AU.

Key Facts for 8 November 1971

On 8 November 1971, 1,239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 692 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,185 daily.
Holbrook (Rsl) set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 8 November 1971.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,239 stations

1,239 station records on 8 November 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Valencia Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Badger Crk Sanctu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kallista Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,239 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 329, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 363, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 8 November 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	329
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	363
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 8 November 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 52, daily 1,185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,035 broken records

Margins by which the 1,035 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1971

Top 20 records on 8 November 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1971	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Violet Town, AU	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Mooroopna, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Shepparton East, AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Omeo Comparison, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Newry, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Coolamon Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Deniliquin Norwood, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Mickleham, AU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Valencia Creek, AU	monthly rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Flemington Racecourse, AU	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	Warburton, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1971	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1971	Benambra (Evandale), AU	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1971	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	59 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 1,239 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 50	1,008
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1