Weather Records on 10 January 2018

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 2018. Highest significance: Pingliang, CN.

Key Facts for 10 January 2018

On 10 January 2018, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 651 daily.
Pingliang set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 10 January 2018.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 10 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gooseberry RS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farnsworth Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Benditi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Idarado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 10 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 10 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 651.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 2018

Top 20 records on 10 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 2018	Pingliang, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2018	Daytona Beach, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2018	Prachin Buri, TH	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2018	Ekalaka, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2018	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 January 2018	Searchlight, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Boxian, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Yulin, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Teec Nos Pos, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Harvey 4NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Gooseberry RS, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Liberal, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Julian Cdf, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Knin, HR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Glasgow, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	El Capitan Dam, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Ft Morgan, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 2018	Newton, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	42 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

1799 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2018. 2018 had 664 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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 25	454
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1