Weather Records on 18 November 1939

195 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1939. Highest significance: Burrwood Wb, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 1939

On 18 November 1939, 195 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 190 daily.
Burrwood Wb set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.4 mm (6.6 in) on 18 November 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

195 stations

195 station records on 18 November 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

195 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 18 November 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 November 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1939

Top 20 records on 18 November 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1939	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Triprayar, IN	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Fulton, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Chowghat, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Skegness, GB	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Jerusalem St. Anne, IL	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1939	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Iguape, BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Pakala, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Palacode, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Sankari, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Reserve, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Mukundapuram, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1939	Condobolin (Ringwood), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 195 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	146
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1