Weather Records on 27 November 2008

884 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 2008. Highest significance: Pomona/Fairplex, US.

Key Facts for 27 November 2008

On 27 November 2008, 884 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 867 daily.
Pomona/Fairplex set a daily record precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 27 November 2008.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

884 stations

884 station records on 27 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lort River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzigoot	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makokou	Gabon	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glady 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irwinton 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homeleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nullamanna (Belmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

884 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 27 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 27 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 2008

Top 20 records on 27 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 2008	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	183.7 mm (7.2 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	118 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Orderville, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 November 2008	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Songli, NO	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Melilla, ES	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Bagdad, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Mitchell Caverns, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Ft Lewis, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 2008	Kanab, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	82 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

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 884 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	706
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2