Weather Records on 27 November 1988

821 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1988. Highest significance: Insizwa (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 27 November 1988

On 27 November 1988, 821 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 795 daily.
Insizwa (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 86.8 mm (3.4 in) on 27 November 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

821 stations

821 station records on 27 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Point (Bonnie Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg;Kersieproe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

821 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 27 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 27 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 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

27 November 1988

Top 20 records on 27 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1988	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1988	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1988	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1988	Eagle Point (Bonnie Banks), AU	monthly rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Inchanga (Sar), ZA	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	monthly rain	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Pine Rvr Dam, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Scipio, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Mitzic, GA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Poljarnoe, RU	monthly rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Passo Tainhas, BR	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1988	Gull Lake Dam, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	43 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 821 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	551
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2