Weather Records on 18 February 1985

690 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1985. Highest significance: Kulu Halt, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 February 1985

On 18 February 1985, 690 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 674 daily.
Kulu Halt set a daily record precipitation of 190.0 mm (7.5 in) on 18 February 1985.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

690 stations

690 station records on 18 February 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record snow depth	172.7 cm (68.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amesville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quadra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edsbyn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lithopolis 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stillewoning	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elias Fausto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

690 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 110.

Records on 18 February 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	110

Records on 18 February 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 674.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1092.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1985

Top 20 records on 18 February 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1985	Kulu Halt, ZA	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1985	Kindon, AU	monthly rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1985	Oberlin, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1985	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily snow depth	172.7 cm (68.0 in)	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Logan, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Nanning, CN	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Kalkaska, US	daily snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Princeville, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Amesville, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Pullman 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Bybera, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1985	Wonderboom, ZA	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 690 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 200	573
200 to 400	7
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1