Weather Records on 18 January 1926

233 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1926. Highest significance: Kalamazoo State Hospital, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1926

On 18 January 1926, 233 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 230 daily.
Kalamazoo State Hospital set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 18 January 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

233 stations

233 station records on 18 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

233 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 18 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 18 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1926

Top 20 records on 18 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1926	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Morganton, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Watford, CA	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Burlington, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Westernport, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	Lexington, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1926	College Park, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Northfield, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Waterville Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Grantsville, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	29 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 233 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	160
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2