Weather Records on 18 February 2015

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 2015. Highest significance: Middleboro, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 2015

On 18 February 2015, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 799 daily.
Middleboro set a daily record snow depth of 68.6 cm (27.0 in) on 18 February 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 18 February 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	147.5 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 6SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gjengedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlow 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torshavn	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fureneset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Lake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gallipolis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 160.

Records on 18 February 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	160

Records on 18 February 2015 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 2015

Top 20 records on 18 February 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 2015	Middleboro, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2015	Machias, US	daily snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2015	Froyset, NO	monthly rain	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Clay City 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	147.5 mm (5.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Wappapello Dam, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	112 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Lavik, NO	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Melrose 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Fana - Stend, NO	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Poplar Bluff, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Stadlandet, NO	monthly rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Rison, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Mt Hebron Rs, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Clay City 6SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Grundy, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Longview, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2015	Carthage, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	44 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

1794 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 831 records.

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

Records on 02-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1809	1
1813	2
1827	2
1838	1
1846	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1880	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1895	6
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	3
1903	31
1904	8
1905	11
1906	10
1907	10
1908	10
1909	12
1910	21
1911	42
1912	28
1913	29
1914	15
1915	20
1916	24
1917	44
1918	112
1919	500
1920	39
1921	86
1922	58
1923	97
1924	174
1925	66
1926	231
1927	310
1928	462
1929	483
1930	628
1931	371
1932	200
1933	134
1934	217
1935	137
1936	1,487
1937	284
1938	775
1939	308
1940	407
1941	164
1942	579
1943	436
1944	465
1945	205
1946	793
1947	248
1948	783
1949	543
1950	721
1951	642
1952	510
1953	148
1954	596
1955	795
1956	1,016
1957	322
1958	1,549
1959	695
1960	366
1961	1,418
1962	605
1963	359
1964	249
1965	306
1966	711
1967	537
1968	478
1969	456
1970	454
1971	822
1972	445
1973	690
1974	467
1975	682
1976	1,075
1977	799
1978	1,766
1979	2,300
1980	1,018
1981	2,438
1982	574
1983	620
1984	912
1985	690
1986	1,679
1987	528
1988	585
1989	1,034
1990	1,324
1991	937
1992	488
1993	1,960
1994	889
1995	939
1996	1,031
1997	1,039
1998	1,892
1999	644
2000	1,249
2001	470
2002	832
2003	1,128
2004	968
2005	595
2006	1,872
2007	835
2008	989
2009	664
2010	1,634
2011	1,600
2012	628
2013	388
2014	846
2015	831
2016	794
2017	1,033
2018	611
2019	1,411
2020	1,050
2021	1,711
2022	1,144
2023	984
2024	860
2025	1,063
2026	1,127

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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 200	651
200 to 400	15
400 to 600	6
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1