Weather Records on 18 January 2004

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2004. Highest significance: Central Michigan UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2004

On 18 January 2004, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 637 daily.
Central Michigan UNIV set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 18 January 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 18 January 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Virgil	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Mesto	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 5 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pogegevskaya	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khust	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auchincruive	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abernathy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Springs 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuernavaca (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 January 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 January 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 20, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2004

Top 20 records on 18 January 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2004	Central Michigan UNIV, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 January 2004	Anthony, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2004	Peck 4 SSW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Woodward, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	all-time low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Virgil, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Augusta, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Rosalia 1NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Arcadia, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Silverton, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Guiping, CN	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Novo Mesto, SI	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Levelland, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Kinlochewe, GB	daily rain	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Wellington, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2004	Perkins, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	48 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 662 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 2026-10-17 (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 25	496
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1