Weather Records on 7 January 2018

1,026 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2018. Highest significance: Boxian, CN.

Key Facts for 7 January 2018

On 7 January 2018, 1,026 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 668 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 1,002 daily.
Boxian set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 7 January 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

1,026 stations

1,026 station records on 7 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.4 C (110.1 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,026 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 331, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 337, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 7 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	331
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	337
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 7 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 13, daily 1,002.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

865 broken records

Margins by which the 865 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 202.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2018

Top 20 records on 7 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2018	Boxian, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2018	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	all-time high max	43.4 C (110.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	121 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2018	Zhengzhou, CN	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2018	Yulin, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Auburn, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Edenton, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Greenville, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Avon, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Port Jervis, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Macau Intl, MO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Charlevoix, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Warren, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Ashland, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	124 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Montpellier-Aeroport, FR	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Auburn, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Brockport, US	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Wytheville, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2018	Hyannis, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	106 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

1826 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2018. 2018 had 1,026 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	842
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1