Weather Records on 1 November 1918

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1918. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 1 November 1918

On 1 November 1918, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 48 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 1 November 1918.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 1 November 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warnertown (Willow Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Corrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tarrwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 35.

Records on 1 November 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 November 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 7.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1918

Top 20 records on 1 November 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1918	Armagh, GB	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Sydney, CA	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Karesuando, SE	monthly high min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Kiev, UA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Appila, AU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Charlottetown, CA	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	St John's, CA	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Haparanda, SE	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Halifax, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Nicosia, CY	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Chatham, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1918	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

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

1805 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1918. 1918 had 55 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 1	19
1 to 2	11
2 to 3	6
3 to 4	3
4 to 5	5
5 to 6	0
6 to 7	2
7 to 8	1