Weather Records on 28 November 2008

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 2008. Highest significance: Tiruchchirapalli, IN.

Key Facts for 28 November 2008

On 28 November 2008, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 831 daily.
Tiruchchirapalli set a daily record precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 28 November 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 28 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	278.9 mm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kalkaringi Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Burthong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broadleigh Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budgee Budgee (Botobolar Viney	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ronlow Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yannergee (Dobroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toomba Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushford	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purlewaugh (Byfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Chamula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 2008

Top 20 records on 28 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 2008	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 November 2008	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 November 2008	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	278.9 mm (11.0 in)	171.4 mm (6.7 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 November 2008	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 November 2008	Kalkaringi Police, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 November 2008	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Salmon Gums, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Hovenweep Nm, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Ulcanbah, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Carina Downs, AU	monthly rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Dutch Harbor, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Nymagee (Burthong), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Quito, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 2008	Broadleigh Downs, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	43 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 849 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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	688
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1