Weather Records on 18 January 1933

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1933. Highest significance: Jerome, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1933

On 18 January 1933, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 339 daily.
Jerome set a daily record snowfall of 29.5 cm (11.6 in) on 18 January 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 18 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boxdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skardu	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 18 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 18 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 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 January 1933

Top 20 records on 18 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1933	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Oracle, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Jerome, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Kenora, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Pinal Rch, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Galva, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Williams, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32.2 cm (12.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Aledo, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Kirksville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Pinal Rch, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1933	Gorin, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1933	Prescott, US	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1933	Morrison, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1933	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1933	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1933	Bonaparte 5 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	29 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 343 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	277
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2