Weather Records on 18 February 1939

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1939. Highest significance: Russell, CA.

Key Facts for 18 February 1939

On 18 February 1939, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 301 daily.
Russell set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 18 February 1939.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 18 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bassett Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 18 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 18 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 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 1939

Top 20 records on 18 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1939	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1939	Kyabra, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Monkira, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Brid Farm, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Ormley, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Scottsdale, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1939	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	34 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 308 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	249
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1