10 station records on 18 November 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 18 November 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Tartu
Estonia
Record daily precipitation
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
20.7 mm (0.8 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
12.1 mm (0.5 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn
Estonia
Record daily precipitation
8.7 mm (0.34 in)
16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield
Canada
Record daily snowfall
3.8 cm (1.5 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
9.0 mm (0.35 in)
11 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
8.7 mm (0.34 in)
11 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office
Australia
Record low maximum temperature
20.0 C (68.0 F)
9 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River
United States
Record high maximum temperature
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
10 records
Records set or tied on 18 November 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 7, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.
Records on 18 November 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
1
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
7
Heaviest daily snowfall
1
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 18 November 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 10.
Records on 18 November 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
10
How Much Records Were Beaten By
9 broken records
Margins by which the 9 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 13.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 November 1908
Margin
Records
0 to 2
4
2 to 4
2
4 to 6
1
6 to 8
0
8 to 10
1
10 to 12
0
12 to 14
1
Top 20 by Significance
18 November 1908
Top 10 records on 18 November 1908 by significance
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 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1908. 1908 had 10 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 11-18 in each year
Year
Records
1793
2
1795
2
1805
1
1816
1
1823
1
1827
1
1829
2
1835
2
1838
1
1840
1
1845
1
1846
1
1847
1
1852
1
1856
2
1865
1
1869
1
1873
1
1875
2
1878
1
1879
1
1880
5
1881
2
1882
1
1883
1
1884
1
1885
3
1887
3
1888
2
1889
3
1890
3
1891
3
1892
2
1893
5
1894
3
1895
2
1896
5
1897
7
1898
2
1899
4
1900
16
1901
4
1902
12
1903
13
1904
19
1905
12
1906
24
1907
15
1908
10
1909
14
1910
7
1911
41
1912
81
1913
57
1914
77
1915
22
1916
30
1917
33
1918
61
1919
71
1920
27
1921
109
1922
36
1923
96
1924
191
1925
254
1926
270
1927
310
1928
319
1929
355
1930
471
1931
325
1932
347
1933
310
1934
574
1935
105
1936
362
1937
432
1938
328
1939
195
1940
241
1941
959
1942
575
1943
490
1944
265
1945
260
1946
707
1947
368
1948
363
1949
462
1950
416
1951
981
1952
479
1953
731
1954
339
1955
709
1956
269
1957
1,055
1958
1,219
1959
1,165
1960
507
1961
714
1962
488
1963
563
1964
986
1965
452
1966
273
1967
419
1968
502
1969
540
1970
296
1971
666
1972
478
1973
582
1974
643
1975
520
1976
605
1977
626
1978
960
1979
449
1980
1,771
1981
789
1982
559
1983
601
1984
612
1985
1,531
1986
1,334
1987
660
1988
416
1989
1,261
1990
534
1991
719
1992
764
1993
880
1994
1,103
1995
1,683
1996
1,289
1997
1,049
1998
1,016
1999
853
2000
1,621
2001
1,116
2002
848
2003
1,227
2004
1,169
2005
773
2006
755
2007
963
2008
1,346
2009
802
2010
668
2011
688
2012
520
2013
683
2014
2,530
2015
1,733
2016
1,157
2017
632
2018
643
2019
786
2020
1,619
2021
267
2022
1,285
2023
536
2024
576
2025
576
Download the Data
Data for records on 1908-11-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.