Weather Records on 18 February 1929

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1929. Highest significance: Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1929

On 18 February 1929, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 267 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 471 daily.
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 18 February 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

483 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 172, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 18 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	172
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 18 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1929

Top 20 records on 18 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1929	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1929	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Saint Maries, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Mundoolin, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Koolool, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1929	Harrisville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	26 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 483 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 50	407
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1