Weather Records on 8 November 1981

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1981. Highest significance: Desterro, BR.

Key Facts for 8 November 1981

On 8 November 1981, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 483 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 811 daily.
Desterro set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 8 November 1981.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 8 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ouro Branco (Manairama)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Juremal (Jurema)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Entre Rios de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imaculada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wenzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Peixe (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tongliao	China	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad del Maiz (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Congonhas-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shanghai/Hongqiao	China	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sakai	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yonago	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 271, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	271
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 811.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

748 broken records

Margins by which the 748 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1981

Top 20 records on 8 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1981	Desterro, BR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1981	Patu, BR	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Pacatuba (Pacatiba), BR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Ouro Branco (Manairama), BR	monthly rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Pianco, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Juremal (Jurema), BR	monthly rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Acude Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Paulista, BR	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Luis Gomes, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Elmo 1 SW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Takada, JP	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Annex Creek, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Sao Joao Do Sabugi, BR	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Santana Do Ipanema, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1981	Sonnblick, AT	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1981	Ibimirim (Jeritaco), BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1981	Zugspitze, DE	daily low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1981	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	72 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

1794 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 823 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	713
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1