Weather Records on 18 January 1972

729 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1972. Highest significance: Juana Diaz Camp, PR.

Key Facts for 18 January 1972

On 18 January 1972, 729 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 717 daily.
Juana Diaz Camp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 18 January 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

729 stations

729 station records on 18 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhmaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Okanagan Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice (Watervale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-37.7 C (-35.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

729 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1972

Top 20 records on 18 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1972	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1972	Morrl Morrl (Valley View), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1972	Lascelles, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Sea Lake (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Watchem, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Warracknabeal (Ailsa), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Coolabah Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Keda, GE	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Trangie Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Carcoar (Errowanbang), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1972	Summerland Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	50 years	39 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 729 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	587
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1