Weather Records on 18 November 1947

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1947. Highest significance: Jennaberring, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1947

On 18 November 1947, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 359 daily.
Jennaberring set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 18 November 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 18 November 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jennaberring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Caroling South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.4 C (-17.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 18 November 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 18 November 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1947

Top 20 records on 18 November 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1947	Jennaberring, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1947	Caroling South, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Quairading, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Morgan City, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1947	Maquoketa, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Abbeville, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Hammond, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Deer Vale, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1947	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	37 years	30 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 368 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 100	303
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1