Weather Records on 18 January 1975

822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1975. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 18 January 1975

On 18 January 1975, 822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 789 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 18 January 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

822 stations

822 station records on 18 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Allende	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gridino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vivian	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsburgh WSO City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rooikop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Royal Golf Club	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bakers Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

822 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 18 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 18 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1975

Top 20 records on 18 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1975	Genoa, IT	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Hostotipaquillo, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Ignacio Allende, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Wildeperdehoek, ZA	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Levendale, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Gridino, RU	all-time low min	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Broadus, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Utrecht (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Seeley Lake Rs, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Nice, FR	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1975	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1975	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1975	Butte, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1975	Vivian, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 822 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	670
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1