Weather Records on 18 March 1941

954 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1941. Highest significance: Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1941

On 18 March 1941, 954 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 702 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 918 daily.
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 18 March 1941.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

954 stations

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

Weather records on 18 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

954 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 337, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 365, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 18 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	337
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	365
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 18 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 918.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1941

Top 20 records on 18 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1941	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1941	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Marble Falls, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Abbeville, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Cuero, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Dauphin, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Cinclare, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Biloxi, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Cameron, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Brantford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Brookhaven City, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1941	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1941	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1941	Hamilton, US	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1941	Henbury, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1941	Colorado City, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	33 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

1806 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1941. 1941 had 954 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	789
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1