Weather Records on 28 November 1989

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1989. Highest significance: Strathdarr, AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1989

On 28 November 1989, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 775 daily.
Strathdarr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 28 November 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 28 November 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	187.3 mm (7.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Campo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	198.3 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Wanbi Research Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Qwrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castilho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Catumnal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 28 November 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 28 November 1989 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 29, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1989

Top 20 records on 28 November 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1989	Strathdarr, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Inchanga (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	187.3 mm (7.4 in)	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Divnoe, RU	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Campo Alegre, BR	all-time rain	198.3 mm (7.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1989	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Sunnyside, AU	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Eston, ZA	all-time rain	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Makakatana, ZA	daily rain	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Lorraine, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Whitehill, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Hluhluwe Game Reserve, ZA	daily rain	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Beaver Is, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Libode (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Belmont, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Florida Paulista, BR	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1989	Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos), ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	49 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 809 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	619
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1