Weather Records on 22 November 1988

1,272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1988. Highest significance: Weeaproinah, AU.

Key Facts for 22 November 1988

On 22 November 1988, 1,272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 665 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 152 monthly and 1,119 daily.
Weeaproinah set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 22 November 1988.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,272 stations

1,272 station records on 22 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (No3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonbeach (Carrum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quoiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bullengarook East (Seskinore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sesheke	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Park (White Swan Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tidal River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,272 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 328, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 337, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 108.

Records on 22 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	328
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	337
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	108

Records on 22 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 152, daily 1,119.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,147 broken records

Margins by which the 1,147 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1988

Top 20 records on 22 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1988	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1988	Rokewood (Wurrook South), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1988	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	monthly rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1988	Toora, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Eltham, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Branxholme, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	112 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Moorabbin Airport, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Koo Wee Rup (Srw), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Glengarry (No3), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Evelyn State Forest, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Redpa (Greenes Road), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Titusville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1988	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	79 years	48 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

1816 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1988. 1988 had 1,272 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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 50	1,097
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1