Weather Records on 14 January 2018

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 2018. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 14 January 2018

On 14 January 2018, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 585 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 14 January 2018.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 14 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dalgety Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnetharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annette AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rarawai	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	256.6 mm (10.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dobuilevu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	178.5 mm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kara-Tjurek	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pindral Outcamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemult	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Lower (Araluen Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 14 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 14 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 2018

Top 20 records on 14 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 2018	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2018	Dalgety Downs, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	107 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2018	Gulkana AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2018	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	O'Neill, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Carey Downs, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Yinnetharra, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Yakutat AP, US	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Haddam, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Mileura, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Mount Clere, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Cabbage Tree Creek, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Cooperstown, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Elma, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Rison, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Elsinore, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Glenns Ferry, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Sitka AP, US	monthly high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2018	Mt Sterling, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	124 years	40 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2018. 2018 had 601 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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	427
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1