Weather Records on 18 January 1954

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1954. Highest significance: Kotarh, IN.

Key Facts for 18 January 1954

On 18 January 1954, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 345 daily.
Kotarh set a daily record precipitation of 154.7 mm (6.1 in) on 18 January 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 18 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alder Dam Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 18 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 18 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1954

Top 20 records on 18 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1954	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1954	Balurghat, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Baramulla, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Brockton, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Kingston, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1954	Hyannis, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Newton, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Carlyle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Keene, US	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Taunton, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Phillipsburg, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1954	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	30 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 347 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	249
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	5
140 to 160	1