Weather Records on 4 January 2018

1,096 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 2018. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 4 January 2018

On 4 January 2018, 1,096 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,057 daily.
Goychay set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 4 January 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,096 stations

1,096 station records on 4 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Edenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Roundup	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangareva	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kosching	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,096 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 4 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 4 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 35, daily 1,057.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

934 broken records

Margins by which the 934 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 309.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 2018

Top 20 records on 4 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 2018	Goychay, AZ	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	76 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 January 2018	Niederstotzingen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Pirmasens, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	133 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Edenton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Brockton, US	daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	112 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Elizabeth City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	102 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Straubing, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Roundup, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	102 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Red Springs 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 January 2018	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 1,096 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	852
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1