Weather Records on 18 February 2000

1,249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 2000. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 2000

On 18 February 2000, 1,249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,181 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 18 February 2000.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,249 stations

1,249 station records on 18 February 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
California	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oonoonba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
English	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Club Crocodile Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Summit Reed Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,249 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 500, Heaviest daily snowfall 189, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 18 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	500
Heaviest daily snowfall	189
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 18 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 66, daily 1,181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,003 broken records

Margins by which the 1,003 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 2000

Top 20 records on 18 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 2000	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Boonville 1S, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Glenlyon Station, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Cynthiana, US	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Versailles, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Augusta, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Morgantown Muni AP, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2000	Eldon, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Mount Jukes, AU	daily rain	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Palestine, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	California, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Union, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Weldon Spring NWS, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2000	Elliston, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	53 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 1,249 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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 February 2000
Margin	Records
0 to 100	978
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1