Weather Records on 18 January 1938

194 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1938. Highest significance: Scaddan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 January 1938

On 18 January 1938, 194 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 187 daily.
Scaddan Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 18 January 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

194 stations

194 station records on 18 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

194 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1938

Top 20 records on 18 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1938	Scaddan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1938	Mount Sir Samuel, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1938	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Wallareenya, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Esperance Post Office, AU	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Windsor Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Cue, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Challa, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Norseman, AU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Wasco, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1938	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 194 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 20	145
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1