Weather Records on 18 December 1994

643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1994. Highest significance: Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO.

Key Facts for 18 December 1994

On 18 December 1994, 643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 622 daily.
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 18 December 1994.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

643 stations

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

Weather records on 18 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adamantina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gardermoen Sor	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lucelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguariuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Pavioli	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Bento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Chapadao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ljuban	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gibbonsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.2 C (-49.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tezontepec (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brjansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

643 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 18 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 18 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1994

Top 20 records on 18 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1994	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Whim Creek, AU	monthly rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Adamantina, BR	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Gardermoen Sor, NO	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Bjornholt, NO	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Pretoria-Burgerspark, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Florida Paulista, BR	daily rain	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Monte Alegre Do Sul, BR	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Lagoa Branca, BR	all-time rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Lucelia, BR	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Yuin, AU	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Jaguariuna, BR	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Fazenda da Barra, BR	daily rain	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1994	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	92 years	39 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

1793 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 643 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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	484
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1