Weather Records on 18 February 1992

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1992. Highest significance: Lugansk, UA.

Key Facts for 18 February 1992

On 18 February 1992, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 473 daily.
Lugansk set a daily record precipitation of 25.6 mm (1.0 in) on 18 February 1992.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 18 February 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 24 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barbers Point NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tecuantepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Breien	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kassala	Sudan	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 February 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 February 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1992

Top 20 records on 18 February 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1992	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1992	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Yalta, UA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Jonacatepec, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Manubie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Cadillac, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Leon 6 ESE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Alicante, ES	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Ellsworth 24 NNE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Estherville 4E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Lowell, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Thorhult, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Granta, ZA	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1992	Cegcuana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	35 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 488 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 50	355
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1