Weather Records on 18 January 1932

221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1932. Highest significance: David City 4E, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1932

On 18 January 1932, 221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 215 daily.
David City 4E set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 18 January 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

221 stations

221 station records on 18 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	277.4 mm (10.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

221 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 18 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 18 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1932

Top 20 records on 18 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1932	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Colville, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Harvey Creek Railway STN, AU	daily rain	363.2 mm (14.3 in)	181.8 mm (7.2 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1932	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Susendal, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Storlien, SE	monthly high max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Denison, US	daily snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1932	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	22 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 221 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 500	176
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	1
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1