Weather Records on 22 January 2018

927 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 2018. Highest significance: Palisade, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 2018

On 22 January 2018, 927 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 897 daily.
Palisade set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 22 January 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

927 stations

927 station records on 22 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Idalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rexford	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clutier	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waucoma 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook 17 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

927 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 22 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 22 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

810 broken records

Margins by which the 810 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 2018

Top 20 records on 22 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 2018	Palisade, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	115 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Mc Cook, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Decorah, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Saint Francis, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Brewster 4W, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Idalia, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	115 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Ogallala, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Allison, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Rexford, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Atwood, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	N Platte Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Ogallala, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Waterloo Muni AP, US	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 2018	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	60 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 927 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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	739
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1