Weather Records on 18 February 2001

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 2001. Highest significance: Bhubaneswar, IN.

Key Facts for 18 February 2001

On 18 February 2001, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 451 daily.
Bhubaneswar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 161.8 mm (6.4 in) on 18 February 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

470 stations

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

Weather records on 18 February 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koolatah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.0 mm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Chamula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mankato	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muckaty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noumea (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxchuc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tipperary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skq Dam	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba South Edge Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 18 February 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 18 February 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 2001

Top 20 records on 18 February 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 2001	Bhubaneswar, IN	monthly rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2001	Palizada, MX	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2001	Mt Wilson Cbs, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Walkamin Research Station, AU	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Banka Banka, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Koolatah Station, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Deeral, AU	daily rain	211.0 mm (8.3 in)	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Malpaso, MX	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Presa Valerio Trujano, MX	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Ingenio Catmis, MX	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Anadyr, RU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Viroqua, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Elsey, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Biboohra, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	San Juan Chamula, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2001	Ranken River, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 470 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	349
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1