Weather Records on 18 February 1933

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1933. Highest significance: Greenwood, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1933

On 18 February 1933, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 133 daily.
Greenwood set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 18 February 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

134 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mifflintown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

102 broken records

Margins by which the 102 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1933

Top 20 records on 18 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1933	Greenwood, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Newberry, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Azimganj, IN	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Soro, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Sunnyside, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Point Escuminac, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Purulia, IN	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Halifax, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1933	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	18 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 134 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 10	83
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1