Weather Records on 28 November 1972

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1972. Highest significance: Jacobina, BR.

Key Facts for 28 November 1972

On 28 November 1972, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 355 daily.
Jacobina set a daily record precipitation of 82.1 mm (3.2 in) on 28 November 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 28 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
King Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kedabek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cotija	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tallawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gallangowan Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 28 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 28 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1972

Top 20 records on 28 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1972	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	King Junction, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Sherwood Park Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Kedabek, AZ	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Eads, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Krasnyj Jar, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Perryton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Monto Township, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Genoa, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1972	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1972	Merredin Research Station, AU	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1972	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1972	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	33 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 360 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 50	275
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1