Weather Records on 18 February 1972

445 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1972. Highest significance: Cicero Dantas, BR.

Key Facts for 18 February 1972

On 18 February 1972, 445 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 438 daily.
Cicero Dantas set a daily record precipitation of 94.8 mm (3.7 in) on 18 February 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

445 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Torsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grande Prairie A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itatinga E5-013	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smithers A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Impendle (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaval	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pajingo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

445 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 18 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 18 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1972

Top 20 records on 18 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1972	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Frei Paulo, BR	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	26.5 cm (10.4 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Campo Largo, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Torsdale, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Manoa Tun 2 716, US	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Borenore Store, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Clare, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Glentana, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Grande Prairie A, CA	monthly snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Detour Village, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Wien, AT	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Pioche, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Itatinga E5-013, BR	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Smithers A, CA	monthly snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1972	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 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

1794 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 445 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 100	379
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1