Weather Records on 18 January 1969

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1969. Highest significance: Parambu, BR.

Key Facts for 18 January 1969

On 18 January 1969, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 585 daily.
Parambu set an all-time record daily precipitation of 151.0 mm (5.9 in) on 18 January 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 18 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellery Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saboeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguarari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coutinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hornby Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 18 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 18 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1969

Top 20 records on 18 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1969	Parambu, BR	all-time rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1969	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1969	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1969	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1969	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco, MX	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Ellery Lake, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Gulargambone (Emby), AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Antigo, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Mullaley (Bando), AU	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	monthly rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Madison, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Cornwall, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1969	Mykland, NO	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 616 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 100	515
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1