Weather Records on 18 February 1966

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1966. Highest significance: Khankandy, AZ.

Key Facts for 18 February 1966

On 18 February 1966, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 431 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 690 daily.
Khankandy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 18 February 1966.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 18 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gertruida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fizuly	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibicua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nukarni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neilborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gabbin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 233, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 198, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 18 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	233
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	198
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 18 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1966

Top 20 records on 18 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1966	Khankandy, AZ	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1966	Taraz, KZ	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Harrison, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Gertruida, ZA	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Bonnie Doon, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Marquette, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Emery, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Newington, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Fizuly, AZ	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	West Bend, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Marquette, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Piacabucu, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Pingaring, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1966	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 711 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	595
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2