Weather Records on 18 February 1938

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1938. Highest significance: Jonesboro 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1938

On 18 February 1938, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 733 daily.
Jonesboro 3 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.7 mm (4.8 in) on 18 February 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

775 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 18 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 18 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1938

Top 20 records on 18 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1938	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1938	Tempe Downs, AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Gravette, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Buckland Downs, ZA	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Brinkley, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Old Halls Creek, AU	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Helena, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Arcadia, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Batesville L&D 1, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	White Cliffs, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Black Rock, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Conway, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1938	Corning, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 775 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 100	640
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1