Weather Records on 18 February 1997

1,039 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1997. Highest significance: Minnie Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1997

On 18 February 1997, 1,039 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
425 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,006 daily.
Minnie Creek set a daily record precipitation of 119.0 mm (4.7 in) on 18 February 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,039 stations

1,039 station records on 18 February 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coonambula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seney Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Das Flores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hemsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morungaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saudades	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas Do Vere (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sappho 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mutuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iepe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn - Cynthia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,039 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 18 February 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 18 February 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 1,006.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

853 broken records

Margins by which the 853 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1997

Top 20 records on 18 February 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1997	Minnie Creek, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1997	Cwebe, ZA	monthly rain	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1997	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1997	Winston, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Port Washington, US	monthly high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Coonambula, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Elgersburg, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Seney Wr, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Fazenda Das Flores, BR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Mininer, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Hemsjo, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Coloso, PR	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Morungaba, BR	daily rain	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1997	Abercorn, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,039 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 100	828
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1