Weather Records on 18 November 1928

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1928. Highest significance: Mount Florance, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1928

On 18 November 1928, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 299 daily.
Mount Florance set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 November 1928.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 18 November 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1928

Top 20 records on 18 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1928	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1928	Raton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1928	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1928	Lake Moraine, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Parks Spring Rch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Oxford, GB	daily high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Tullahoma, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Rugby, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Blacksburg, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Decatur 1 N, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Mohonk Lake, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1928	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 319 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 50	239
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2