Weather Records on 18 January 1915

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1915. Highest significance: Cottam, CA.

Key Facts for 18 January 1915

On 18 January 1915, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 54 daily.
Cottam set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 18 January 1915.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 18 January 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 18 January 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 January 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1915

Top 20 records on 18 January 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1915	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1915	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1915	Bird Rocks, CA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Wilmington Wb City, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Paterson, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Malvern, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Vineland, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Hanover, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Santa Fe, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Washington, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1915	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1915. 1915 had 57 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

Download the Data

Data for records on 1915-01-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	45
25 to 50	0
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1