Weather Records on 18 January 2003

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2003. Highest significance: Circle Hot Springs, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2003

On 18 January 2003, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
426 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 800 daily.
Circle Hot Springs set a daily record snowfall of 13.7 cm (5.4 in) on 18 January 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 18 January 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ourense	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swanage	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Airport Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.3 C (111.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Ag Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.8 C (112.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta North (Masons Drive	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.5 C (112.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irgiz	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gronning	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clonagh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 251, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 182, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 18 January 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	251
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	182
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 18 January 2003 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 18, daily 800.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2003

Top 20 records on 18 January 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2003	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2003	Cambridge, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Flora Downs, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Ourense, ES	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Middleburg, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Oconaluftee, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Newcomb, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Ellington, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Lugo/Rozas, ES	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Kokpekty, KZ	daily high min	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Porto, PT	monthly rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Misantla, MX	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Swanage, GB	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Saint Bernard, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2003	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily high min	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	77 years	35 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 826 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	620
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1