Weather Records on 18 February 1951

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1951. Highest significance: Balook, AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1951

On 18 February 1951, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 617 daily.
Balook set an all-time record daily precipitation of 274.6 mm (10.8 in) on 18 February 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 18 February 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	274.6 mm (10.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-44.0 C (-47.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 18 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 18 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1951

Top 20 records on 18 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1951	Balook, AU	all-time rain	274.6 mm (10.8 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1951	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Jindivick, AU	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Sassafras Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Haverhill, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Franklin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Keene, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Vernon, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	The Oaks John Street, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Plymouth, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1951	Dargo, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 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

1794 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 642 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 50	485
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1