Weather Records on 18 January 1991

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1991. Highest significance: Misurata, LY.

Key Facts for 18 January 1991

On 18 January 1991, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 591 daily.
Misurata set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 18 January 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 18 January 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ozona	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ituere	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abingdon Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tabuleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itamarati-SE	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Mole Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gouvea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.3 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galdinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bengalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mendanha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 18 January 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 18 January 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1991

Top 20 records on 18 January 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1991	Misurata, LY	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1991	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Wongan Hills, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Cope Rch, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Jose de Melo, BR	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Obihiro, JP	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Patterson, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Canobie, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Ozona, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Quellington, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Tenterfield (Sailor Jack), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Usina Ituere, BR	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Sanderson, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Lexington, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Munday, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1991	Gogo Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	42 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1991. 1991 had 612 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 20	409
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1