Weather Records on 18 January 1949

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1949. Highest significance: Hartington, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1949

On 18 January 1949, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 637 daily.
Hartington set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 18 January 1949.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 18 January 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franz	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franz	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 18 January 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 18 January 1949 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 21, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1949

Top 20 records on 18 January 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1949	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1949	Ft Wayne Maumee, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Halsey 2 W, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Kingfisher, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Tobermory, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Angola, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Lebo, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	monthly low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Windsor, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Franz, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Franz, CA	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	20.5 cm (8.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Turbine, CA	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1949	Intake Wainiha 1086, US	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	29 years	42 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 664 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 100	529
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2