Weather Records on 18 November 1945

260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1945. Highest significance: Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1945

On 18 November 1945, 260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 259 daily.
Brinkworth (Anama Park) set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 18 November 1945.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

260 stations

260 station records on 18 November 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Yakilo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lonarch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Plains (Metala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

260 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 November 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 November 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1945

Top 20 records on 18 November 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1945	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Redhill, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Yacka, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Snowtown (Condowie), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Bend, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Gulnare, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Drain, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1945	Baku, AZ	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1945	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1945	Spalding (Yakilo), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1945	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	31 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 260 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	165
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1