Weather Records on 16 November 2008

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 2008. Highest significance: Wondinong, AU.

Key Facts for 16 November 2008

On 16 November 2008, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
392 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 687 daily.
Wondinong set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 16 November 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 16 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oltedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughan Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Ardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 2008

Top 20 records on 16 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 2008	Wondinong, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 November 2008	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Waverly, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Owen Springs, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Alice Springs Airport, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Alma, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Challa, AU	monthly rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Depot Springs, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Bullita, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Newman, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Flagstaff AP, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Cue, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Ft Ross, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Presa Rodriguez, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Oltedal, NO	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Yambah, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Kulgera, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 2008	Orland, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	85 years	40 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

1805 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2008. 2008 had 715 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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Data for records on 2008-11-16: 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	494
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1