Weather Records on 24 November 1988

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1988. Highest significance: Cobram Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 November 1988

On 24 November 1988, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 859 daily.
Cobram Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 24 November 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 24 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitlands (Burder's Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inverway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotts Mills 9 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Archerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 24 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 24 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 43, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

758 broken records

Margins by which the 758 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1988

Top 20 records on 24 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1988	Cobram Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1988	Dandongadale (Mountain View), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1988	Montpelier Rs, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1988	Bira, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Mathoura State Forest, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Terang, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Three Lynx, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Tomakomai, JP	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Goorambat, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Otaru, JP	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Obihiro, JP	all-time rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1988	Hiroo, JP	daily rain	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	16 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 904 records.

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

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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	703
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2