Weather Records on 18 February 1931

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1931. Highest significance: Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA.

Key Facts for 18 February 1931

On 18 February 1931, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 363 daily.
Victoria Gonzales Hts set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 18 February 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 18 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kundhra	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1931

Top 20 records on 18 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1931	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Kairana, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Akhuapada, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Dhenkanal, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Boston City WSO, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1931	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Bhainswal, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Meerut Obsy, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Beaver Lake, CA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Banki Bankigarh, IN	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Dhampur, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Kundhra, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Haldwani, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Kulu, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Karnal, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1931	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	25 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 371 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	290
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1