Weather Records on 18 November 1952

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1952. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 1952

On 18 November 1952, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 473 daily.
Ada set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 November 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 18 November 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boontjieskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 18 November 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 18 November 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 710.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1952

Top 20 records on 18 November 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1952	Ada, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Red Lake Falls, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Hallock, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Boontjieskraal, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Valley City 3 NNW, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Campbell, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Amity, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1952	Russellville, US	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	40 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 479 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	380
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1