Weather Records on 19 November 1988

626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 November 1988. Highest significance: Amity, US.

Key Facts for 19 November 1988

On 19 November 1988, 626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 586 daily.
Amity set a daily record precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 19 November 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

626 stations

626 station records on 19 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ogmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

626 records

Records set or tied on 19 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 19 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 19 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 32, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 November 1988

Top 20 records on 19 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 November 1988	Amity, US	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	81 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 November 1988	Malvern, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 November 1988	Benton, US	monthly rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Caruthersville, US	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Campbell, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Cabot, US	monthly rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Lijing, CN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Parma, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Augusta, US	all-time rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Owensville 3E, US	all-time rain	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Kennett Radio Kboa, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Corning, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Glenwood 4 NNE, US	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Wheaton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Ogmore Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 November 1988	Conway, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	47 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 626 records.

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

Records on 11-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1816	3
1829	2
1835	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1861	1
1864	1
1865	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	2
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	14
1901	13
1902	18
1903	14
1904	21
1905	15
1906	35
1907	7
1908	12
1909	13
1910	24
1911	30
1912	24
1913	54
1914	62
1915	24
1916	14
1917	31
1918	16
1919	56
1920	12
1921	110
1922	32
1923	74
1924	142
1925	363
1926	267
1927	110
1928	228
1929	90
1930	724
1931	232
1932	437
1933	519
1934	500
1935	81
1936	519
1937	672
1938	283
1939	310
1940	231
1941	876
1942	724
1943	504
1944	316
1945	243
1946	723
1947	474
1948	736
1949	408
1950	715
1951	896
1952	183
1953	688
1954	468
1955	573
1956	357
1957	502
1958	270
1959	380
1960	216
1961	352
1962	570
1963	650
1964	811
1965	321
1966	238
1967	353
1968	365
1969	815
1970	306
1971	455
1972	589
1973	607
1974	524
1975	799
1976	392
1977	964
1978	1,840
1979	527
1980	796
1981	632
1982	634
1983	755
1984	522
1985	2,642
1986	1,613
1987	776
1988	626
1989	1,199
1990	525
1991	619
1992	986
1993	932
1994	1,197
1995	1,189
1996	1,854
1997	710
1998	994
1999	590
2000	1,609
2001	998
2002	828
2003	1,367
2004	692
2005	554
2006	754
2007	1,149
2008	1,675
2009	828
2010	599
2011	858
2012	516
2013	458
2014	2,311
2015	1,050
2016	830
2017	449
2018	407
2019	531
2020	1,117
2021	449
2022	1,316
2023	659
2024	889
2025	652

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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 25	364
25 to 50	69
50 to 75	36
75 to 100	17
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1