Weather Records on 18 January 1953

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1953. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 18 January 1953

On 18 January 1953, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 425 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 28.0 cm (11.0 in) on 18 January 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 18 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	262.0 cm (103.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 18 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 18 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 920.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1953

Top 20 records on 18 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1953	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Pundi, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Arrowrock Dam, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Riverdale, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Snake Rvr, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Itahar, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Garden Valley, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Orleans, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Detroit, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Emmett 2 E, US	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1953	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	40 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 444 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 200	366
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1