Weather Records on 25 November 1988

745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1988. Highest significance: Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU.

Key Facts for 25 November 1988

On 25 November 1988, 745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 718 daily.
Lovely Banks (Reservoir) set a daily record precipitation of 52.2 mm (2.1 in) on 25 November 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

745 stations

745 station records on 25 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

745 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 25 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 25 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1988

Top 20 records on 25 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1988	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1988	Juzhno-Sahalinsk, RU	monthly rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 November 1988	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Emory, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Halfway, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Nevelsk, RU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Korsakov, RU	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Amelup, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Clover Valley, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Otis, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Three Lynx, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	South Forest (Plummers Road), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Downieville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Chama, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Uloa, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1988	Geelong Golf Club, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	39 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 745 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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	560
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1