Weather Records on 18 November 1951

981 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1951. Highest significance: Dwarka, IN.

Key Facts for 18 November 1951

On 18 November 1951, 981 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 819 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 973 daily.
Dwarka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 355.1 mm (14.0 in) on 18 November 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

981 stations

981 station records on 18 November 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	355.1 mm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	267.5 mm (10.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

981 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 391, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 428, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 18 November 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	391
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	428
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 18 November 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1951

Top 20 records on 18 November 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1951	Dwarka, IN	monthly rain	355.1 mm (14.0 in)	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Lucknow, CA	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Fitzgerald, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1951	Federal Pt, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	267.5 mm (10.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Kazan, RU	daily low max	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Walkerton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Harrisville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Goderich Township, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1951	Hillsdale, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	49 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 981 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	779
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1