Weather Records on 18 February 1941

164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1941. Highest significance: Durham, GB.

Key Facts for 18 February 1941

On 18 February 1941, 164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 157 daily.
Durham set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 18 February 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

164 stations

164 station records on 18 February 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

164 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 18 February 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 February 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1941

Top 20 records on 18 February 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1941	Durham, GB	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1941	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1941	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1941	Lungleh, IN	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1941	Sherkawan, IN	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1941	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1941	Kherson, UA	monthly rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1941	Galway, IE	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Demagiri, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Aijal, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Sairang, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	St George, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Russell, CA	daily low max	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Dauphin, CA	daily low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Champhai, IN	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1941	Warren, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	47 years	21 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 164 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 25	123
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1