Weather Records on 11 November 2008

950 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 2008. Highest significance: Imperial, US.

Key Facts for 11 November 2008

On 11 November 2008, 950 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 937 daily.
Imperial set a daily record snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 11 November 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

950 stations

950 station records on 11 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mikkeli Otava	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lukachukai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

950 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 11 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 11 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 937.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 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

11 November 2008

Top 20 records on 11 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 2008	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 November 2008	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	117 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 November 2008	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 November 2008	Akron 4 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	97 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Arlington Six Flags, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Schulenburg, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Emory, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Claflin, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Mikkeli Otava, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Hay Springs 12 S, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Cresson, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Imperial, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Roanoke, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Saint Francis, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Manston, GB	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 2008	Tejon Rancho, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	97 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

1800 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2008. 2008 had 950 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	763
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2