Weather Records on 18 December 2001

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2001. Highest significance: Newark, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 2001

On 18 December 2001, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
342 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 878 daily.
Newark set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 18 December 2001.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

906 stations

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

Weather records on 18 December 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balancan de Dominguez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lammi Kostila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Elena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Philadelphia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Club Crocodile Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mercer	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wollombi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uzur	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 18 December 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 18 December 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 878.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2001

Top 20 records on 18 December 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2001	Newark, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2001	Natrona Lock 4, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Gaddede, SE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Canandaigua 3 S, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Balancan de Dominguez (Dge), MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Bunker 4N, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Indiana 3 SE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Lammi Kostila, FI	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Mosquito Creek Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2001	Kilauea 1134, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	43 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

1793 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 906 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 50	719
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1