Weather Records on 18 January 1929

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1929. Highest significance: Steynsburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 January 1929

On 18 January 1929, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
367 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 558 daily.
Steynsburg set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 18 January 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 18 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1929

Top 20 records on 18 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1929	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Welland, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Hiram, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Oberlin, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Lenox, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1929	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Toronto, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Mauzy, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Columbus, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1929	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	17 years	30 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 588 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	465
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2