Weather Records on 18 January 2006

1,229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2006. Highest significance: Ogdensburg 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2006

On 18 January 2006, 1,229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 496 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 33 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,142 daily.
Ogdensburg 4 NE set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 18 January 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,229 stations

1,229 station records on 18 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
McCammon	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurelton Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Uvalle	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Bulak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Codorniz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,229 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 350, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 18 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	350
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 18 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 33, monthly 54, daily 1,142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

995 broken records

Margins by which the 995 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 January 2006

Top 20 records on 18 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2006	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Waverly, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Glens Falls AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Renovo, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2006	Guilin, CN	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Chazy, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	McCammon, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Smiths Basin, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Kingsport, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Burlington Intl AP, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Albany Intl AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Cherry Valley 2 NNE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2006	Rutland, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 1,229 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 50	971
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2