Weather Records on 28 November 1979

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1979. Highest significance: Kimball 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 28 November 1979

On 28 November 1979, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 516 daily.
Kimball 2NE set a daily record snow depth of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 28 November 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 28 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burley Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 28 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 28 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1979

Top 20 records on 28 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1979	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	La Grange, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Butte, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Phillips, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	9.2 C (48.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Jerusalem Central, IL	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Cheyenne, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Bridgeport, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Sidney Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1979	Galway, IE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	115 years	41 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 536 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 100	403
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1