Weather Records on 1 February 2018

512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 2018. Highest significance: Akroken, SE.

Key Facts for 1 February 2018

On 1 February 2018, 512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 488 daily.
Akroken set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.3 mm (1.7 in) on 1 February 2018.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

512 stations

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

Weather records on 1 February 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akroken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Briggsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hezuo	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jiuquan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galtjarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susuman	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sasabe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morondava	Madagascar	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skattungbyn	Sweden	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xigaze	China	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Susuman	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

512 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 1 February 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 1 February 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 2018

Top 20 records on 1 February 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 2018	Akroken, SE	monthly rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 February 2018	Briggsdale, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 2018	Anqing, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Hezuo, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	125 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Hudiksvall, SE	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Jiuquan, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Chugwater, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Ockelbo, SE	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Hysham, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Korkodon, RU	monthly high max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Aspendell, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Sredhekolymsk, RU	daily high max	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Bilbao Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Livermore, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Green Rvr, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Vojsko, SI	daily rain	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Letalisce Edvarda Rusjana Mari, SI	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 2018	Khlong Yai, TH	daily low max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	44 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

1795 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 512 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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 20	392
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1