Weather Records on 23 February 2018

1,728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 2018. Highest significance: Benton, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 2018

On 23 February 2018, 1,728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 775 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,649 daily.
Benton set a daily record precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 23 February 2018.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

1,728 stations

1,728 station records on 23 February 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini	Italy	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dierks	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,728 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 364, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 411, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 113, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 23 February 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	364
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	411
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	113
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 23 February 2018 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 73, daily 1,649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,432 broken records

Margins by which the 1,432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 2018

Top 20 records on 23 February 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 2018	Benton, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Bynum 4 SSE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Hardin, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Flandreau, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	108 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Foreman, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Emblem, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Amity, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Georgetown, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2018	Antoine 1 SW, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Crystal Valley, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Canby, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Morgan Mill, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Gull Lake Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Baldwyn, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Fishtail, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2018	Goldendale, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	108 years	55 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 1,728 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	791
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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Data for records on 2018-02-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,352
50 to 100	54
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2