Weather Records on 18 December 2013

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2013. Highest significance: Aomori, JP.

Key Facts for 18 December 2013

On 18 December 2013, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 508 daily.
Aomori set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 18 December 2013.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 18 December 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fontenelle Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ono-I-Lau	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	142.3 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sunapee	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graterford 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holden Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kofa Mine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Rockport 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 84.

Records on 18 December 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	84

Records on 18 December 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2013

Top 20 records on 18 December 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2013	Aomori, JP	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	10.3 C (18.5 F)	118 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Milford, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Fontenelle Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Naze, JP	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	W Otis, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Ono-I-Lau, FJ	daily rain	142.3 mm (5.6 in)	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Haverhill, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	128 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Bentley, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Champaign 3S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Canton 4 SE, US	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Warwick Park, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Burlington, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Wheatland 4N, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Augusta, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Paradise, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2013	Covelo, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	28 years	38 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 513 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	337
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2