Weather Records on 8 November 1977

1,429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1977. Highest significance: Ashley, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1977

On 8 November 1977, 1,429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
734 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,385 daily.
Ashley set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 8 November 1977.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

1,429 stations

1,429 station records on 8 November 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manderson 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Catole Do Rocha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rye	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,429 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 602, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 November 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	602
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 November 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 1,385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,232 broken records

Margins by which the 1,232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1977

Top 20 records on 8 November 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1977	Ashley, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1977	Colgate, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1977	Faulkton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1977	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	monthly rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1977	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1977	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Sharon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Winner, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Midland, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Manderson 3 NE, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Toms River, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Scarsdale, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Joao Dias, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Araruna, BR	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Freehold-Marlboro, US	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1977	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	52 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 1,429 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 2026-10-17 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 November 1977
Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,184
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1