Weather Records on 18 December 1934

209 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1934. Highest significance: Emporia 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 1934

On 18 December 1934, 209 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 202 daily.
Emporia 1 S set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 18 December 1934.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

209 stations

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

Weather records on 18 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

209 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 202.

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 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1934

Top 20 records on 18 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1934	Emporia 1 S, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1934	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1934	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1934	El Dorado, US	all-time snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Lebo, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	El Dorado, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Winfield 3NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Debrecen Airport, HU	monthly high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Graz, AT	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Raton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Chaukuri, IN	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Bruning, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Quorn, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Enid, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Woodward, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Almora, IN	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1934	Ghaziabad, IN	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	29 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

1793 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 209 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 20	160
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1