Weather Records on 18 November 1958

1,219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1958. Highest significance: Toledo 3N, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 1958

On 18 November 1958, 1,219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 394 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,168 daily.
Toledo 3N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 18 November 1958.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,219 stations

1,219 station records on 18 November 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,219 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 304, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 223, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 18 November 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	304
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	223
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 18 November 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 50, daily 1,168.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,001 broken records

Margins by which the 1,001 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1958

Top 20 records on 18 November 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1958	Toledo 3N, US	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1958	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1958	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Fayette, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Lawrence, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Angus 1 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Caledonia, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Winona, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Unionville, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Snoqualmie Pass, US	monthly snowfall	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Grinnell 3 SW, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Bethany, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1958	Deer Park AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	42 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 1,219 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	951
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1