Weather Records on 15 November 1918

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1918. Highest significance: Nuwara Eliya, LK.

Key Facts for 15 November 1918

On 15 November 1918, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 45 daily.
Nuwara Eliya set a monthly record low maximum temperature of 13.4 C (56.1 F) on 15 November 1918.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 15 November 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Restdown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Milliwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 13.

Records on 15 November 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 November 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 45.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1918

Top 20 records on 15 November 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly low max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Toronto, CA	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Barrie, CA	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Dubuque River, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Escanaba, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Umea, SE	daily high max	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Hewitt, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Green Bay, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	7 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1918	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	13 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

1794 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 46 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 5	33
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1