Weather Records on 28 November 1981

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1981. Highest significance: Eton Police Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1981

On 28 November 1981, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 652 daily.
Eton Police Station set a daily record precipitation of 137.0 mm (5.4 in) on 28 November 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 28 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whittier City Yard Fc106C	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Is NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 28 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 28 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1981

Top 20 records on 28 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1981	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1981	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1981	San Dimas Fire Fc 95, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Dry Canyon Rsvr, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Glendora Fc 287B, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	White Signal, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Ajo, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Laguna Beach, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Dyer 5S, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Covina City Yard Fc387B, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Fairmont, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Haiwee, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Nutwood Downs, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Wickenburg, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Whittier City Yard Fc106C, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1981	Sarna, SE	monthly snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	70 years	44 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 677 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 2026-10-15 (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 100	554
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1