Weather Records on 8 November 2016

1,057 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 2016. Highest significance: Xichang, CN.

Key Facts for 8 November 2016

On 8 November 2016, 1,057 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
553 were record highs and 310 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Xichang set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 8 November 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,057 stations

1,057 station records on 8 November 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tongliao	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kuparuk	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kuressaare	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fokstua	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Satenas	Sweden	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hallands_Vadero	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,057 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 8 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 8 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

876 broken records

Margins by which the 876 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 2016

Top 20 records on 8 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 2016	Xichang, CN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 2016	Burnet, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Blaine, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Tongliao, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	San Juan L M Marin Intl AP, PR	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Clearbrook, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Nis, RS	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Bjoernoeya, NO	monthly high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Weatherford, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Enshi, CN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Menno, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Kuparuk, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Zhijiang, CN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Bowie, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Deqen, CN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Gaylord, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	122 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Great Falls 16St, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Newport, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 2016	Bellingham Intl AP, US	monthly high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	42 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

1794 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 1,057 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	865
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1