Weather Records on 18 November 2011

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 2011. Highest significance: Hollister, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 2011

On 18 November 2011, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 665 daily.
Hollister set a monthly record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 18 November 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 18 November 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hollister	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clark 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alvarado (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drewsey	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Rushmore Nmem	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Theda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle (Benoni)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woolomin (Culwulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skq Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Echo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 18 November 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 18 November 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 2011

Top 20 records on 18 November 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 2011	Hollister, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2011	Clark 3NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Colville, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Preston, US	monthly snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Xiamen, CN	daily rain	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Alvarado (Dge), MX	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Trout Creek Rs, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Hita, JP	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Iizuka, JP	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Old Faithful, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Malad City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Dalian, CN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	El Triunfo, MX	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Shanwei, CN	daily rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2011	Froyset, NO	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 688 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	482
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3