Weather Records on 20 November 2008

1,171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2008. Highest significance: Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 2008

On 20 November 2008, 1,171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 536 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,124 daily.
Rosewood Walloon Rd set a monthly record daily precipitation of 250.0 mm (9.8 in) on 20 November 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,171 stations

1,171 station records on 20 November 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.6 mm (6.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gatton Qdpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Placid Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Berryman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Beith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoskintown Radio Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perseverance Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talgai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbank Thompson Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koorrnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Whitestone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barranco Azul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,171 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 334, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 20 November 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	334
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 20 November 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 45, daily 1,124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

903 broken records

Margins by which the 903 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2008

Top 20 records on 20 November 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2008	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	monthly rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	108 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 November 2008	Grandchester Symes St, AU	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	monthly rain	170.6 mm (6.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Gatton Allan Street, AU	monthly rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Wakool (Barratta), AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Helidon Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Cambooya Post Office, AU	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Ivanhoe (Baden Park), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Moulamein Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Nelia Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Gatton Qdpi Research STN, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Placid Hills, AU	monthly rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Hattonvale Store, AU	all-time rain	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2008	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2008	Fordsdale, AU	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2008	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2008	Mt Berryman, AU	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2008	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	55 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 1,171 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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 25	822
25 to 50	57
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1