Weather Records on 18 November 1931

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1931. Highest significance: Haileybury, CA.

Key Facts for 18 November 1931

On 18 November 1931, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 312 daily.
Haileybury set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 18 November 1931.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 18 November 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 18 November 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 November 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1931

Top 20 records on 18 November 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1931	Haileybury, CA	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Petoskey, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1931	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Cheboygan, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Grayling, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Wayne, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Woodstock 2 NE, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1931	Columbia 2SSE, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	24 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 325 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	216
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1