Weather Records on 26 November 1988

863 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1988. Highest significance: Ashdown 4 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 26 November 1988

On 26 November 1988, 863 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 844 daily.
Ashdown 4 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 26 November 1988.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

863 stations

863 station records on 26 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton Valley 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erriba (Cradle Mountain Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

863 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 26 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 26 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 844.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 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

26 November 1988

Top 20 records on 26 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1988	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1988	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1988	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1988	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Iffley Station, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Antoine 1 SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Niigata, JP	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Camden 1, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Warsaw, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Houston, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Hamburg, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Lyons, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Terrell, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1988	Cotton Valley 5 NNW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	44 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

1838 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1988. 1988 had 863 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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Data for records on 1988-11-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	561
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	35
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1