Weather Records on 18 November 1941

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1941. Highest significance: Qu'appelle, CA.

Key Facts for 18 November 1941

On 18 November 1941, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 930 daily.
Qu'appelle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 18 November 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 18 November 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 355, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 18 November 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	355
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 18 November 1941 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

795 broken records

Margins by which the 795 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1941

Top 20 records on 18 November 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1941	Qu'appelle, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1941	Qu'appelle, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1941	Silda Belpahari, IN	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1941	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Glasgow #2, US	monthly snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Aurora, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Goilkera, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Adel, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Regina Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Tellichery, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Geraldine 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Ranaghat, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Katbari, IN	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1941	Malta, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	1 year	39 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 959 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	772
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1