Weather Records on 12 November 2008

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 2008. Highest significance: Liberty, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 2008

On 12 November 2008, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 659 daily.
Liberty set a daily record precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 12 November 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 12 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dacus	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Many	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Emilio Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Town Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 12 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 12 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 2008

Top 20 records on 12 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 2008	Liberty, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2008	Haynesville, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2008	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Conroe, US	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Elma, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Grand Ecore, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Longview, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Stampede Pass, US	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Colfax, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Hodges Gardens, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Leesville, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Seeley Lake Rs, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Brenham, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Hawkins, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Montgomery, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Packwood, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Dacus, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2008	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	46 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

1802 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 680 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-11-12: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	472
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	2