Weather Records on 18 November 1969

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1969. Highest significance: Stanley Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1969

On 18 November 1969, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 525 daily.
Stanley Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 18 November 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 18 November 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest (van Diemans Land Compa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pearshape	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 18 November 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 18 November 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1969

Top 20 records on 18 November 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1969	Stanley Post Office, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 November 1969	Minden, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1969	Smithville, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1969	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1969	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Stamps, US	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Elliott Research Station, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Currie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Harrow Cda, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Pamban, IN	monthly rain	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Henderson, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Forest (van Diemans Land Compa, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Dickson, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	Pearshape, AU	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1969	South Forest (Plummers Road), AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	45 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 540 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 100	458
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1