Weather Records on 11 November 1988

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1988. Highest significance: Bardufoss, NO.

Key Facts for 11 November 1988

On 11 November 1988, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 671 daily.
Bardufoss set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 11 November 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

685 stations

685 station records on 11 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aniak AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balashov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inza	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ceres Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valujki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sendai	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nis	Serbia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 11 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 11 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1988

Top 20 records on 11 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1988	Bardufoss, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Ohotsk, RU	daily high min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Postville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Aniak AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Takada, JP	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1988	Uccle, BE	daily high min	11.8 C (53.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Aachen, DE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Voronez, RU	daily low min	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Penza, RU	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Ft Valley, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Liberty, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Penza, RU	daily low max	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Balashov, RU	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Bergland Dam, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Osijek, HR	daily low max	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1988	Atoyac, MX	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	44 years	30 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

1800 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1988. 1988 had 685 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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 20	544
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1