Weather Records on 28 November 1997

1,128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1997. Highest significance: Westcliffe, US.

Key Facts for 28 November 1997

On 28 November 1997, 1,128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
694 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,089 daily.
Westcliffe set a daily record snowfall of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 28 November 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,128 stations

1,128 station records on 28 November 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Santa Adelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tacony 13 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minjilang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,128 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 264, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 430, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 28 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	264
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	430
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 28 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 36, daily 1,089.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

922 broken records

Margins by which the 922 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1997

Top 20 records on 28 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1997	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1997	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1997	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1997	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1997	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1997	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Ngukurr, AU	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Catharinasvlei, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Castle Rock, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Conroe, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	all-time snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Poona, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Jewell, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Trinidad AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Estacao Experimental, BR	monthly rain	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Qu Xian, CN	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1997	Marathon, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	84 years	47 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,128 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 November 1997
Margin	Records
0 to 100	908
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1