Weather Records on 18 November 1929

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1929. Highest significance: Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1929

On 18 November 1929, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 350 daily.
Lithgow (Cooerwull) set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 18 November 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 18 November 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 18 November 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 November 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1929

Top 20 records on 18 November 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1929	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Portland, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Boorowa Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Southampton, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Bologna, IT	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Millie, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1929	Millthorpe (Inala), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 355 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 10	195
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1