Weather Records on 26 November 2018

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 2018. Highest significance: Walnut, US.

Key Facts for 26 November 2018

On 26 November 2018, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 479 daily.
Walnut set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 26 November 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 26 November 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Albany	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Macomb	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
De Kalb	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
De Kalb	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 132, Deepest snow cover 130.

Records on 26 November 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	132
Deepest snow cover	130

Records on 26 November 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 92, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 2018

Top 20 records on 26 November 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 2018	Walnut, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 November 2018	Fairfield, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Albany, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Aledo, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Macomb, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Amity 4 NE, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	De Kalb, US	monthly snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Monmouth, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Amity 4 NE, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Gladstone L/D 18, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	122 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Alonnah Area School, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	De Kalb, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Lake Geneva Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2018	Dixon Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2018	Monmouth, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2018	Haddam, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 2018	Albany, US	monthly snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	93 years	59 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

1838 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 2018. 2018 had 574 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 50	360
50 to 100	79
100 to 150	28
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3