Weather Records on 28 November 1988

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1988. Highest significance: Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1988

On 28 November 1988, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 784 daily.
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head) set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 28 November 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 28 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Block Island State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Granshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skogsforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haggarda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stehag	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 407, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 28 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	407
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 28 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1988

Top 20 records on 28 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1988	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1988	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1988	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1988	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1988	Neerim South, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Buckingham, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Block Island State AP, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Flahult, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Granshult, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Pueblo Nuevo, MX	daily rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Hyannis, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Gingindlovu, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1988	Scottsville 6SE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	10 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 810 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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	647
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1