Weather Records on 25 November 2008

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 2008. Highest significance: Hopetoun, AU.

Key Facts for 25 November 2008

On 25 November 2008, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 648 daily.
Hopetoun set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 25 November 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 25 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Zacarias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sovatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grossenkneten	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karmoy - Brekkevann	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rottweil	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kutchan	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 107.

Records on 25 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	107

Records on 25 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 2008

Top 20 records on 25 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 2008	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 November 2008	Detour Village, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 November 2008	Bunkin, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	W Branch 3SE, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Farmington, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	El Rosario, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	San Zacarias, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	N Creek 5 SE, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Fredonia, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Sovatnet, NO	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Riito, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Tobolsk, RU	daily high min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	140 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Standish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily high min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 2008	Puerto San Carlos, MX	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	33 years	38 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 661 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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 20	433
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2