Weather Records on 5 November 2018

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 2018. Highest significance: Sturt Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 2018

On 5 November 2018, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 410 daily.
Sturt Vale set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 5 November 2018.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 5 November 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lleida	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Academy Aso	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amelia Courthouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record low maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orly	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 November 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 November 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 2018

Top 20 records on 5 November 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 2018	Sturt Vale, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2018	Cherry Point MCAS, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2018	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Rosholt, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Waupaca, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Patuxent River NAS, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Fairmont, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Jasper, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Ashland, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Clarksville, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Eagle Rvr, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Dover, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Grand Portage, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2018	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	40 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

1801 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2018. 2018 had 426 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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	334
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1