Weather Records on 18 February 1924

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1924. Highest significance: Carapook (the Gums), AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1924

On 18 February 1924, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 172 daily.
Carapook (the Gums) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 18 February 1924.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 18 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Wirchilleba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Lodge 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 18 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

153 broken records

Margins by which the 153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1924

Top 20 records on 18 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1924	Carapook (the Gums), AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1924	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1924	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1924	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1924	Cuerindi, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Millers Creek, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Brindley Park 2, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Combogolong, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Nymagee (Wirchilleba), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1924	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	21 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1924. 1924 had 174 records.

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

Records on 02-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1809	1
1813	2
1827	2
1838	1
1846	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1880	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1895	6
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	3
1903	31
1904	8
1905	11
1906	10
1907	10
1908	10
1909	12
1910	21
1911	42
1912	28
1913	29
1914	15
1915	20
1916	24
1917	44
1918	112
1919	500
1920	39
1921	86
1922	58
1923	97
1924	174
1925	66
1926	231
1927	310
1928	462
1929	483
1930	628
1931	371
1932	200
1933	134
1934	217
1935	137
1936	1,487
1937	284
1938	775
1939	308
1940	407
1941	164
1942	579
1943	436
1944	465
1945	205
1946	793
1947	248
1948	783
1949	543
1950	721
1951	642
1952	510
1953	148
1954	596
1955	795
1956	1,016
1957	322
1958	1,549
1959	695
1960	366
1961	1,418
1962	605
1963	359
1964	249
1965	306
1966	711
1967	537
1968	478
1969	456
1970	454
1971	822
1972	445
1973	690
1974	467
1975	682
1976	1,075
1977	799
1978	1,766
1979	2,300
1980	1,018
1981	2,438
1982	574
1983	620
1984	912
1985	690
1986	1,679
1987	528
1988	585
1989	1,034
1990	1,324
1991	937
1992	488
1993	1,960
1994	889
1995	939
1996	1,031
1997	1,039
1998	1,892
1999	644
2000	1,249
2001	470
2002	832
2003	1,128
2004	968
2005	595
2006	1,872
2007	835
2008	989
2009	664
2010	1,634
2011	1,600
2012	628
2013	388
2014	846
2015	831
2016	794
2017	1,033
2018	611
2019	1,411
2020	1,050
2021	1,711
2022	1,144
2023	984
2024	860
2025	1,063
2026	1,127

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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 10	105
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2