Weather Records on 18 January 1959

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1959. Highest significance: Haleakala Rch 432, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1959

On 18 January 1959, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 310 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 594 daily.
Haleakala Rch 432 set a daily record precipitation of 183.1 mm (7.2 in) on 18 January 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 18 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holualoa Beach 68	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 18 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 18 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1959

Top 20 records on 18 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1959	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Entrance, CA	monthly snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Entrance, CA	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Virden, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Bichhia, IN	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Three Hills, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Virden, CA	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Honokane 181.1, US	daily rain	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Trenton 2, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	41.8 C (107.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1959	Pelee Island, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1959	Haxby 18 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1959	Holualoa Beach 68, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1959	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1959	Hillsdown, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1959	Summerville 4W, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	43 years	31 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 613 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 50	479
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1