Weather Records on 18 March 2001

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 2001. Highest significance: Valle Nacional, MX.

Key Facts for 18 March 2001

On 18 March 2001, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 821 daily.
Valle Nacional set a monthly record daily precipitation of 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 18 March 2001.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

841 stations

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

Weather records on 18 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valle Nacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mauriceton (Jordan River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koonwarra (Leongatha South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie South (Staples Suga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boolarra (Amy Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xilitla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yanakie (Shallow Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose Tenango II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tancuilin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 18 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 18 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 2001

Top 20 records on 18 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 2001	Valle Nacional, MX	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn), MX	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	San Felipe Usila, MX	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Erfde, DE	monthly rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	San Lucas Arroyo Paloma, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Trenton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Mauriceton (Jordan River), AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Malpaso, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Phetchabun, TH	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Elkhart, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Finca Chayabe, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Douglas, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Koonwarra (Leongatha South), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Richfield, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Evergreen, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	121 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2001	Wewahitchka, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 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

1806 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2001. 2001 had 841 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 2001-03-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	682
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1