Weather Records on 18 November 1926

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1926. Highest significance: Dubuque River, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 1926

On 18 November 1926, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 263 daily.
Dubuque River set a daily record snow depth of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 18 November 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 18 November 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 18 November 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 18 November 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1926

Top 20 records on 18 November 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1926	Dubuque River, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1926	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1926	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1926	Menasha, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.9 C (78.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1926	Malin Head, IE	monthly rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Uccle, BE	daily high max	16.9 C (62.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	18.8 C (65.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Altastenberg, DE	monthly high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Storrs, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Schwerin, DE	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1926	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	23 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 270 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	646
2019	793
2020	1,618
2021	268
2022	1,287
2023	536
2024	576
2025	576

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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 20	206
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1