Weather Records on 18 March 1994

960 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1994. Highest significance: Nordhorn, DE.

Key Facts for 18 March 1994

On 18 March 1994, 960 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 938 daily.
Nordhorn set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 18 March 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

960 stations

960 station records on 18 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Diepholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geldermalsen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuantan	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hameln	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	228.0 cm (89.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

960 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 433, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 18 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	433
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 18 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 938.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

807 broken records

Margins by which the 807 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1994

Top 20 records on 18 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1994	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Schierke, DE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Wakkanai, JP	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Eerbeek, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Apeldoorn, NL	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Alfhausen, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Andel, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Diepholz, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Esbeek, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Larimore 4SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Tiel, NL	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Barneveld, NL	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Geldermalsen, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Nieuwendijk (Nb), NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Wageningen (Pd), NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Zetten, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Herwijnen_1, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1994	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1994. 1994 had 960 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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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 100	784
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1