Weather Records on 18 January 1928

451 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1928. Highest significance: Kerang, AU.

Key Facts for 18 January 1928

On 18 January 1928, 451 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 421 daily.
Kerang set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 18 January 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

451 stations

451 station records on 18 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budgerum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

451 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 317, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 18 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 394.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1928

Top 20 records on 18 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1928	Kerang, AU	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1928	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1928	Canary Island South, AU	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1928	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Lake Charm, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Dumosa, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Boort, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Tyntynder Station, AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Runnymede, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Elmore, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Tyntynder West, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1928	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 451 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 50	412
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1