Weather Records on 18 February 1944

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1944. Highest significance: Lake Moraine, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1944

On 18 February 1944, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 456 daily.
Lake Moraine set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 18 February 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

465 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byrdstown 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auckland Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 18 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 18 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1944

Top 20 records on 18 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1944	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Catawba Hospital, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Adur, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Manikpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Bironkhol, IN	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1944	Byrdstown 1 W, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Rupar, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Auckland Downs Station, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Burnside, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1944	Louisburg, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 465 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 200	395
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1