Weather Records on 18 November 1948

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1948. Highest significance: Greenfield, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 1948

On 18 November 1948, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 353 daily.
Greenfield set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 18 November 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 18 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1948

Top 20 records on 18 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1948	Greenfield, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Hooker, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Tallulah, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Port Alberni, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Alexandria, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Butte, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Robeline, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Jetmore, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Menno, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Holly, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Scott City, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Wray, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Dresden, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Bamfield, CA	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1948	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	27 years	38 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 363 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 25	242
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	12
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1