Weather Records on 23 January 1918

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1918. Highest significance: Bogantungan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1918

On 23 January 1918, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 66 daily.
Bogantungan Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 188.0 mm (7.4 in) on 23 January 1918.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 23 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.7 mm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.2 mm (17.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nekarboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 66.

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 339.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1918

Top 20 records on 23 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1918	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	269.7 mm (10.6 in)	212.5 mm (8.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Springsure Comet St, AU	all-time rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	438.2 mm (17.3 in)	339.1 mm (13.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	North Bruce, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1918	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Nebo, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1918	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	54 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 69 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	52
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1