Weather Records on 18 March 1985

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1985. Highest significance: Nuriootpa, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1985

On 18 March 1985, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 714 daily.
Nuriootpa set a daily record precipitation of 47.6 mm (1.9 in) on 18 March 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

731 stations

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

Weather records on 18 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Whorouly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rand Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morungaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mitta Mitta Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Cachoeirinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quadra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.7 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 92.

Records on 18 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	92

Records on 18 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1985

Top 20 records on 18 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1985	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1985	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Peake, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Madalya, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Whorouly, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Swifts Creek, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Hallett, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Bindi, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Dutch Harbor, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Milawa Brown Bros, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Schwarzburg, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Rand Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A), BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Lochiel Saltworks, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Beechworth Composite, AU	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1985	Morungaba, BR	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	45 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

1806 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1985. 1985 had 731 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1985-03-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	593
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1