Weather Records on 18 November 2017

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 November 2017. Highest significance: Bowling Green Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 18 November 2017

On 18 November 2017, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 615 daily.
Bowling Green Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 18 November 2017.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 18 November 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 November 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya (the Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 18 November 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 November 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 November 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 November 2017

Top 20 records on 18 November 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 November 2017	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Wabash, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Xilin Hot, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Tuross, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Celina 3 NE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Sandusky, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 November 2017	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Findlay Wpcc, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Port Huron, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Findlay AP, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Centerburg 2 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Ulan Water, AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Detroit City AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 2017	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	82 years	51 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 632 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 20	469
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1