Weather Records on 18 November 2000

1,621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 2000. Highest significance: Galah, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 2000

On 18 November 2000, 1,621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 789 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,588 daily.
Galah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.6 mm (3.1 in) on 18 November 2000.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,621 stations

1,621 station records on 18 November 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grovelsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hoglekardalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lindeman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerheden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nooyeah Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,621 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 476, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 313, Heaviest daily rainfall 436, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 146.

Records on 18 November 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	476
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	313
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	146

Records on 18 November 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 1,588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,305 broken records

Margins by which the 1,305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 2000

Top 20 records on 18 November 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 2000	Galah, AU	monthly rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2000	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2000	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2000	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2000	Mungeranie, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Grovelsjon, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Carlsbad, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Indal_D, SE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Hoglekardalen, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Del Rio Intl AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Greeley, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Melrose, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Lindeman Island Resort, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Kasa, SE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Greensboro, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Biloxi, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Highmore, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2000	Fagerheden, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	48 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2000. 2000 had 1,621 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	1,221
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1