Weather Records on 18 February 1940

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1940. Highest significance: Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1940

On 18 February 1940, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 399 daily.
Gainesville UNIV of Fl set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 18 February 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 18 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 18 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 18 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 4, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1940

Top 20 records on 18 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1940	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Woodbine Station, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Anderson, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Gillsville, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Roanoke, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	12.6 C (22.7 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Waren, DE	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Americus, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Rock House, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1940	Angermunde, DE	daily low min	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	18.4 C (33.1 F)	10 years	38 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 407 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 50	344
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1