Weather Records on 18 January 1918

65 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1918. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 18 January 1918

On 18 January 1918, 65 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 63 daily.
Uccle set a daily record high maximum temperature of 11.1 C (52.0 F) on 18 January 1918.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

65 stations

65 station records on 18 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-44.5 C (-48.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

65 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 15, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

63 broken records

Margins by which the 63 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1918

Top 20 records on 18 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Putbus, DE	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Armagh, GB	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	9.6 C (49.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Gavle, SE	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Karesuando, SE	daily low min	-44.5 C (-48.1 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Harnosand, SE	daily low min	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1918	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	23 years	15 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 65 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

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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 20	58
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1