Weather Records on 15 January 1918

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1918. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 15 January 1918

On 15 January 1918, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 230 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 15 January 1918.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 15 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1918

Top 20 records on 15 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1918	Oxford, GB	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1918	Roermond, NL	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	State College, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	Uccle, BE	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1918	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Oudenbosch, NL	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Buffalo, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Helmond, NL	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Brome, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Saint John, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Gorki, BY	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1918	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	20 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 241 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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	213
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1