Weather Records on 18 November 1983

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 1983. Highest significance: Mount House Station, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 1983

On 18 November 1983, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 585 daily.
Mount House Station set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 18 November 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 18 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Westvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karloning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikorcminda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 18 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 18 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 1983

Top 20 records on 18 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 1983	Mount House Station, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1983	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1983	Pogranichnoe, RU	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1983	Westvale, AU	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1983	Byro, AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 1983	Karloning, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Nardy, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Jerome, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Onor, RU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Hazelton, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Durham, CA	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Hatch, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Minden, CA	daily low min	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Poronajsk, RU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Elk, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Kingsley Dam, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1983	Bowie, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	64 years	35 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 601 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	465
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1