Weather Records on 13 January 1918

102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1918. Highest significance: Orillia, CA.

Key Facts for 13 January 1918

On 13 January 1918, 102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 91 daily.
Orillia set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 13 January 1918.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

102 stations

102 station records on 13 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

102 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1918 by type: Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 5, daily 91.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

94 broken records

Margins by which the 94 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1918

Top 20 records on 13 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1918	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Orillia, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	all-time low min	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1918	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Stornoway Airport, GB	all-time low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Skara 1, SE	all-time low min	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Umea, SE	all-time low max	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Yamma, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Skara 1, SE	daily low max	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1918	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	22 years	23 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

1794 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 102 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	80
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2