The Met Office said last month was the wettest November on record with an average of 217.4mm of rain across the UK as Cumbria flooded.
The previous record of 193.6mm 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.
Yesterday's statistics show 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."
Many parts of Cumbria are still cleaning up after last week's flooding.
Army engineers have begun building the foundations of a footbridge to reconnect the two halves of Workington.
Householders in the Northside area of Workington currently face long detours to get to the town centre or local schools and supermarkets.
The record for average November rainfall in Scotland was also broken last month when 256.7mm fell, the Met Office said.
The previous record of 244.8mm dated back to 1938.
Although it was the wettest November since 1914 when the Met Office's records began, last month was warmer than average.
The average temperature was 7.3°C, 1.4°C above the long term average for November.
The warmest November on record was in 1994 when the average temperature was 8.8°C.
The mild temperatures changed to frost today as temperatures dipped below minus 8°C.
Stephen Davenport, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said Braemar in Aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the UK last night with temperatures plunging to as low as minus 8.9°C (16°F).
He said Benson, in Oxfordshire, registered a low of minus 4.9°C (23°F) overnight with Chesham, Bucks, registering minus 3°C (27°F).
He said: "It won't be as cold tonight, we have some rain coming in from the west that will be preceded by some snow on higher ground in mid and north Wales, the north of England and parts of Scotland but it will soon turn to rain because there is milder air moving in."