Weather Records on 18 January 1970

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1970. Highest significance: Diablo Dam, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1970

On 18 January 1970, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 775 daily.
Diablo Dam set a daily record snowfall of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 18 January 1970.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 18 January 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oliver Stp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	557.0 mm (21.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.1 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Friona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bueno de Andrada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paraswada	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jose de Freitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 18 January 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 18 January 1970 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 16, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 394.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1970

Top 20 records on 18 January 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1970	Diablo Dam, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	222.2 mm (8.7 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Pedro II, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Oliver Stp, CA	all-time snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Kiev, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Lubny, UA	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Calen Post Office, AU	monthly rain	557.0 mm (21.9 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Belgorod, RU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Corumbatai, BR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Barras, BR	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Piripiri, BR	monthly rain	126.1 mm (5.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Paragould, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Conrad, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Cooperstown, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1970	Linton, US	all-time low max	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	35 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1970. 1970 had 796 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	604
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1