Weather Records on 18 January 2001

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2001. Highest significance: Lake Cormorant, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2001

On 18 January 2001, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 619 daily.
Lake Cormorant set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 18 January 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 18 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oudabunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
House	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hyden	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 18 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 18 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2001

Top 20 records on 18 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2001	Lake Cormorant, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	89 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2001	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2001	Wolf Pt, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2001	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Farmerville, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Van Vleet, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Athens, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Campo 7 S, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	University, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Glenbrook Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily high min	23.2 C (73.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Lakin, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2001	Kazan, RU	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	40 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

1795 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 639 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	460
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2