Weather Records on 18 March 1944

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1944. Highest significance: Lawrence Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1944

On 18 March 1944, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 313 daily.
Lawrence Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 98.6 mm (3.9 in) on 18 March 1944.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

321 stations

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

Weather records on 18 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1944

Top 20 records on 18 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1944	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Fredonia, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	El Dorado, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Aravakurichi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1944	Eads, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Osceola 3 NE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1944	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	5 years	29 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1944. 1944 had 321 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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Data for records on 1944-03-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	228
25 to 50	40
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2