Weather Records on 18 January 1942

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1942. Highest significance: Aonla, IN.

Key Facts for 18 January 1942

On 18 January 1942, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 583 daily.
Aonla set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 18 January 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 18 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kashipur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1942

Top 20 records on 18 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1942	Aonla, IN	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1942	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Faizabad, IN	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Bansgaon, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Pratapgarh, IN	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Handia, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Basti, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Misrikh, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Siwan, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Mau, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Salon, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Bijnor, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Rae Bareli, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Varanasi, IN	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Gonda, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Baheri, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Safipur, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Chandpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Jiwanpur Sagri, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1942	Gopalganj Sr, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 617 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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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 10	397
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	45
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1