Weather Records on 15 November 1988

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1988. Highest significance: Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1988

On 15 November 1988, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 802 daily.
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 15 November 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 15 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Berchogur	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon River (Hermitage)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Northumbria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley (Glenrowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wayatinah Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenbar (Fords Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grove (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liawenee Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 15 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 15 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

657 broken records

Margins by which the 657 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1988

Top 20 records on 15 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1988	Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Osterley, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Franklin, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1988	Berchogur, KZ	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Shannon River (Hermitage), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Waddamana Field Study Centre, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Red Oak, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Bothwell (Cluny), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Enterprise Beryl Jct, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Broke (Harrowby), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Jericho (Northumbria), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Victoria Valley (Glenrowan), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Wihareja, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1988	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	51 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

1794 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 830 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	535
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	27
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	7
120 to 140	3