Weather Records on 18 November 2012

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 2012. Highest significance: Noreena Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 18 November 2012

On 18 November 2012, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 510 daily.
Noreena Downs set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 18 November 2012.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 18 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perseverance Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helens Rfd	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buaraba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Nebo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philip AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 18 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 18 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 2012

Top 20 records on 18 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 2012	Noreena Downs, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2012	Moolboolaman, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2012	Sim Jue Creek, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Yarraman Upper, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Warragai, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Glenaven, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Texas Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde, GB	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Tarong, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Didcot, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Matsuyama, JP	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Glenlee, GB	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2012	Wilmington Intl AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	41 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 520 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 20	372
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1