Weather Records on 18 January 1944

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1944. Highest significance: Itabaianinha, BR.

Key Facts for 18 January 1944

On 18 January 1944, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
508 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 555 daily.
Itabaianinha set a daily record precipitation of 49.2 mm (1.9 in) on 18 January 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 18 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ucluelet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clearlake Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1944

Top 20 records on 18 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1944	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Uruque, BR	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Crateus, BR	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Independencia, BR	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Caninde de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Araci, BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1944	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Willow City, US	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Iraucuba, BR	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Clark, US	monthly high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Tamboril, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Mombaca, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Ucluelet, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Black Lake, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Towner 2 NE, US	monthly high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Kindersley, CA	daily high min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27.3 C (49.1 F)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23.4 C (42.1 F)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1944	Grover 10 W, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	20 years	27 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

1795 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 589 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	459
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1