Weather Records on 18 January 1934

136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1934. Highest significance: White River, CA.

Key Facts for 18 January 1934

On 18 January 1934, 136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 134 daily.
White River set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 18 January 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

136 stations

136 station records on 18 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record snow depth	154.9 cm (61.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

136 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

118 broken records

Margins by which the 118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1934

Top 20 records on 18 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1934	White River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1934	Hondo, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1934	Blanco, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1934	Llano, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Austin, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Waco, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	San Marcos, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Austin Montopolis Brg, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Boerne, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Hewitt, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	White River, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1934	Sabinal, US	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 136 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	114
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1