Weather Records on 4 January 1918

78 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1918. Highest significance: Cap Chat, CA.

Key Facts for 4 January 1918

On 4 January 1918, 78 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 75 daily.
Cap Chat set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 4 January 1918.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

78 stations

78 station records on 4 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

78 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1918

Top 20 records on 4 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1918	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1918	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1918	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1918	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1918	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1918	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Gospic, HR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Cap Chat, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Gavle, SE	daily low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Bic, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1918	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1918. 1918 had 78 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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

Margin	Records
0 to 50	56
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1