Weather Records on 18 February 1926

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1926. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1926

On 18 February 1926, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 228 daily.
Hays 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 18 February 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

231 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 18 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 18 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1926

Top 20 records on 18 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1926	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Fulton, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Sycamore, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1926	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Grafton, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Kansas City, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Melville, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1926	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	48 years	24 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 231 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 20	176
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1