Weather Records on 8 November 2002

1,050 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 2002. Highest significance: Santa Barbara, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 2002

On 8 November 2002, 1,050 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,023 daily.
Santa Barbara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 8 November 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,050 stations

1,050 station records on 8 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westerland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Inspection STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres Timilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balch Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paicines 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bar 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Edison Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,050 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 561, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 8 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	561
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 8 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 1,023.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

891 broken records

Margins by which the 891 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

8 November 2002

Top 20 records on 8 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 2002	Santa Barbara, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	99 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 November 2002	Minden, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Livermore, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Priest Valley, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Julian Cdf, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Lemon Cove, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	King City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Truckee Rs, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2002	Jonuta, MX	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Los Gatos, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	List/Sylt, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Westerland, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Newman, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Ventura, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2002	Benton Inspection STN, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 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

1794 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,050 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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Data for records on 2002-11-08: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	757
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	36
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3