Last month was the wettest November on record with an average of 217.4mm of rain across the UK, the Met Office has said.
Floods devastated Cumbria as rainfall topped the previous record of 193.6mm, which dated back to 1951.
The Met Office weather station which recorded the highest rainfall last month was in Shap, Cumbria, with 621.4mm.
Rain caused chaos in Cumbria last month as floodwater forced hundreds of people from their homes and businesses.
Pc Bill Barker, 44, died when he was swept away in flood waters when Northside Bridge, in Workington, collapsed as he directed motorists away from danger.
Tuesday's statistics showed that rainfall last month also set a new record of 197.6mm for England and Wales, breaking the previous high of 196.9mm which had stood since 1929.
The driest Met Office weather station was in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, where only 69.6mm of rain fell.
A Met Office spokesman said: "The interesting thing about this is not that it's a new record wettest November but it's how isolated the heaviest rain was through the month.
"Places like Cumbria, south-west Scotland and Snowdonia have received by far the most rainfall and turned it into a record month despite pretty dry conditions further east where lots of places have recorded less than 100mm of rain."
