Weather Records on 19 January 1918

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1918. Highest significance: Little Rock St Capitol, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1918

On 19 January 1918, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 64 daily.
Little Rock St Capitol set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 19 January 1918.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 19 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 64.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1918

Top 20 records on 19 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	all-time snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1918	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Galway, IE	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Putbus, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1918	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	23 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

1796 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1918. 1918 had 66 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	53
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1